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

Total Real Returns

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

VDIGX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VDIGX returned +4.84% over the past year and +1.62% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 9, 1992, VDIGX is up +681.16% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.24%/yr, and is currently −0.42% below its real total-return high on Jan. 9, 2026.

Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026

Thu 1992-07-09💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VDIGX × 		+1.62%
2026-07-02 		+4.84%
2026-07-02
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Returns

Thu 1992-07-09💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VDIGX × 		+681.16%
+6.24%/yr 		+5.90%/yr
(R2=0.897)
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Growth of $10,000

Thu 1992-07-09💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
VDIGX × 		$10,000.00
1992-07-09 		$78,116.48
2026-07-02
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Annual Returns

Year VDIGX
2026 (YTD) +1.62%
2025 +5.46%
2024 +5.86%
2023 +4.60%
2022 −10.67%
2021 +16.65%
2020 +10.53%
2019 +28.02%
2018 −1.68%
2017 +16.86%
2016 +5.31%
2015 +1.96%
2014 +11.02%
2013 +29.58%
2012 +8.49%
2011 +6.28%
2010 +9.78%
2009 +18.54%
2008 −25.65%
2007 +2.76%
2006 +16.64%
2005 +0.77%
2004 +7.51%
2003 +26.82%
2002 −24.96%
2001 −20.66%
2000 +15.18%
1999 −4.93%
1998 +20.40%
1997 +23.00%
1996 +1.90%
1995 +30.71%
1994 −10.91%
1993 +11.98%
1992 +6.74%

Drawdowns

Thu 1992-07-09💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VDIGX × 		−0.42%
from 2026-01-09 peak 		−47.37%
2002-10-09
from 2000-12-29 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VDIGX × 		+4.84% +11.50%
+5.59%/yr 		+17.74%
+5.60%/yr 		+14.44%
+2.73%/yr 		+104.19%
+7.40%/yr
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