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

Total Real Returns

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

VEMAX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VEMAX returned −2.14% over the past year and −2.40% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jun. 23, 2006, VEMAX is up +86.21% in real purchasing-power return, or +3.10%/yr, and is currently −11.74% below its real total-return high on Feb. 17, 2021.

Data ending Thu Nov. 5, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2006-06-23💬 to Thu 2026-11-05 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VEMAX
×
+86.21%
+3.10%/yr
+1.55%/yr
R2=0.266
Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2006-06-23💬 to Thu 2026-11-05 Start
Value
End
Value
VEMAX
×
$10,000.00
2006-06-23
$18,620.65
2026-11-05

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-11-05

  YTD YoY
VEMAX
×
−2.40% −2.14%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VEMAX
×
−11.74%
on 2026-11-05
from 2021-02-17 peak
−67.21%
on 2008-11-20
from 2007-10-31 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-11-05 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VEMAX
×
−2.14% +13.19%
+6.39%/yr
+36.88%
+11.03%/yr
+1.70%
+0.34%/yr
+39.14%
+3.36%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VEMAX
2026 (YTD) −2.40%
2025 +21.52%
2024 +7.87%
2023 +5.63%
2022 −22.79%
2021 −5.78%
2020 +13.69%
2019 +17.60%
2018 −16.19%
2017 +28.65%
2016 +9.45%
2015 −15.97%
2014 −0.16%
2013 −6.45%
2012 +16.80%
2011 −20.94%
2010 +17.19%
2009 +71.64%
2008 −52.85%
2007 +33.69%
2006 +30.61%