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

Total Real Returns

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

VFFVX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VFFVX returned +18.05% over the past year and +10.81% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 18, 2010, VFFVX is up +295.37% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.98%/yr, and is currently −0.11% below its real total-return high on Aug. 13, 2026.

Data ending Fri Aug. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 2010-08-18💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VFFVX
×
+295.37%
+8.98%/yr
+7.55%/yr
R2=0.953
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 2010-08-18💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Start
Value
End
Value
VFFVX
×
$10,000.00
2010-08-18
$39,537.25
2026-08-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-14

  YTD YoY
VFFVX
×
+10.81% +18.05%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VFFVX
×
−0.11%
on 2026-08-14
from 2026-08-13 peak
−31.40%
on 2020-03-23
from 2020-02-12 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VFFVX
×
+18.05% +36.36%
+16.77%/yr
+55.50%
+15.85%/yr
+43.74%
+7.53%/yr
+137.50%
+9.04%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VFFVX
2026 (YTD) +10.81%
2025 +18.28%
2024 +11.49%
2023 +16.28%
2022 −22.42%
2021 +18.14%
2020 +15.01%
2019 +22.19%
2018 −9.61%
2017 +18.87%
2016 +6.66%
2015 −2.37%
2014 +6.41%
2013 +22.51%
2012 +13.66%
2011 −5.01%
2010 +14.69%