All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

VDC: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

VDC real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VDC returned +1.37% over the past year and +4.95% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VDC is up +314.16% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.56%/yr, and is currently −8.46% below its real total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VDC × 		+4.95%
2026-06-09 		+1.37%
2026-06-09
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Returns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VDC × 		+314.16%
+6.56%/yr 		+7.63%/yr
(R2=0.952)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 Start
Value 		End
Value
VDC × 		$10,000.00
2004-01-30 		$41,416.13
2026-06-09
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Annual Returns

Year VDC
2026 (YTD) +4.95%
2025 −0.49%
2024 +10.13%
2023 −0.93%
2022 −7.75%
2021 +9.90%
2020 +9.37%
2019 +23.29%
2018 −9.52%
2017 +9.53%
2016 +4.14%
2015 +5.06%
2014 +15.14%
2013 +26.14%
2012 +9.15%
2011 +10.35%
2010 +12.94%
2009 +13.48%
2008 −16.65%
2007 +8.24%
2006 +13.02%
2005 +0.32%
2004 +6.95%

Drawdowns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VDC × 		−8.46%
from 2026-02-27 peak 		−34.92%
2009-03-09
from 2007-12-10 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-06-09 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VDC × 		+1.37% +8.64%
+4.23%/yr 		+16.14%
+5.11%/yr 		+12.41%
+2.37%/yr 		+51.57%
+4.25%/yr
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