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

Total Real Returns

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

VDE real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VDE returned +21.23% over the past year and +16.28% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Sep. 29, 2004, VDE is up +192.54% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.06%/yr, and is currently −16.27% below its real total-return high on Mar. 27, 2026.

Data ending Mon Jul. 6, 2026

Wed 2004-09-29💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VDE × 		+16.28%
2026-07-06 		+21.23%
2026-07-06
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Returns

Wed 2004-09-29💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VDE × 		+192.54%
+5.06%/yr 		+1.78%/yr
(R2=0.185)
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Growth of $10,000

Wed 2004-09-29💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 Start
Value 		End
Value
VDE × 		$10,000.00
2004-09-29 		$29,253.74
2026-07-06
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Annual Returns

Year VDE
2026 (YTD) +16.28%
2025 +4.32%
2024 +3.76%
2023 −3.21%
2022 +52.99%
2021 +46.04%
2020 −33.92%
2019 +7.03%
2018 −21.44%
2017 −4.52%
2016 +26.55%
2015 −23.78%
2014 −10.58%
2013 +23.97%
2012 +1.63%
2011 −0.16%
2010 +19.29%
2009 +22.22%
2008 −39.63%
2007 +29.35%
2006 +16.07%
2005 +34.49%
2004 +5.08%

Drawdowns

Wed 2004-09-29💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VDE × 		−16.27%
from 2026-03-27 peak 		−76.17%
2020-03-18
from 2014-06-23 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-07-06 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VDE × 		+21.23% +18.11%
+8.68%/yr 		+35.53%
+10.67%/yr 		+94.21%
+14.20%/yr 		+62.22%
+4.96%/yr
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