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

Total Real Returns

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

VFICX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VFICX returned −5.27% over the past year and −6.71% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 22, 1993, VFICX is up +108.95% in real purchasing-power return, or +2.27%/yr, and is currently −21.69% below its real total-return high on Dec. 31, 2020.

Data ending Fri Oct. 9, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1993-11-22💬 to Fri 2026-10-09 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VFICX
×
+108.95%
+2.27%/yr
+2.76%/yr
R2=0.846
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1993-11-22💬 to Fri 2026-10-09 Start
Value
End
Value
VFICX
×
$10,000.00
1993-11-22
$20,894.96
2026-10-09

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-09

  YTD YoY
VFICX
×
−6.71% −5.27%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VFICX
×
−21.69%
on 2026-10-09
from 2020-12-31 peak
−29.72%
on 2022-10-20
from 2020-12-31 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-09 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VFICX
×
−5.27% −1.87%
−0.94%/yr
+8.91%
+2.89%/yr
−16.19%
−3.47%/yr
−10.67%
−1.12%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VFICX
2026 (YTD) −6.71%
2025 +6.71%
2024 +0.33%
2023 +5.02%
2022 −19.09%
2021 −7.72%
2020 +8.85%
2019 +7.94%
2018 −2.42%
2017 +2.02%
2016 +1.72%
2015 +0.81%
2014 +5.04%
2013 −2.82%
2012 +7.29%
2011 +4.34%
2010 +8.99%
2009 +14.67%
2008 −6.21%
2007 +2.00%
2006 +1.90%
2005 −1.38%
2004 +1.48%
2003 +4.36%
2002 +7.54%
2001 +7.86%
2000 +7.11%
1999 −2.95%
1998 +6.64%
1997 +7.16%
1996 −0.67%
1995 +18.47%
1994 −6.67%
1993 +1.11%