All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VFAIX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VFAIX returned +7.93% over the past year and +1.50% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VFAIX is up +146.45% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.10%/yr, and is currently −1.52% below its real total-return high on Jan. 6, 2026.
Data ending Wed Jul. 15, 2026
| Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFAIX × |
+1.50%
2026-07-15 |
+7.93%
2026-07-15 |
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| Vanguard Financials Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFAIX × |
+146.45%
+4.10%/yr |
+4.72%/yr
(R2=0.495) |
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| Vanguard Financials Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFAIX × |
$10,000.00
2004-01-30 |
$24,644.73
2026-07-15 |
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| Vanguard Financials Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Year | VFAIX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +1.50% |
| 2025 | +11.91% |
| 2024 | +26.80% |
| 2023 | +10.38% |
| 2022 | −17.59% |
| 2021 | +26.34% |
| 2020 | −3.46% |
| 2019 | +28.69% |
| 2018 | −15.09% |
| 2017 | +17.57% |
| 2016 | +22.16% |
| 2015 | −1.16% |
| 2014 | +13.10% |
| 2013 | +30.99% |
| 2012 | +24.18% |
| 2011 | −16.87% |
| 2010 | +13.09% |
| 2009 | +11.69% |
| 2008 | −49.19% |
| 2007 | −20.72% |
| 2006 | +16.29% |
| 2005 | +2.53% |
| 2004 | +7.16% |
| Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFAIX × |
−1.52%
from 2026-01-06 peak |
−79.53%
2009-03-06 from 2007-02-20 peak |
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| Vanguard Financials Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Wed 2026-07-15 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFAIX × | +7.93% |
+29.00% +13.58%/yr |
+61.02% +17.21%/yr |
+38.65% +6.75%/yr |
+151.66% +9.67%/yr |
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| Vanguard Financials Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
