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 +0.23% over the past year and −3.21% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 22, 1993, VFICX is up +116.79% in real purchasing-power return, or +2.40%/yr, and is currently −18.76% below its real total-return high on Dec. 31, 2020.

Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026

Mon 1993-11-22💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VFICX
×
−3.21%
2026-07-02
+0.23%
2026-07-02
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Returns

Mon 1993-11-22💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VFICX
×
+116.79%
+2.40%/yr
+2.80%/yr
(R2=0.851)
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Growth of $10,000

Mon 1993-11-22💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Start
Value
End
Value
VFICX
×
$10,000.00
1993-11-22
$21,678.94
2026-07-02
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Annual Returns

Year VFICX
2026 (YTD) −3.21%
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 +1.99%
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 +7.17%
1996 −0.67%
1995 +18.47%
1994 −6.67%
1993 +1.11%

Drawdowns

Mon 1993-11-22💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VFICX
×
−18.76%
from 2020-12-31 peak
−29.72%
2022-10-20
from 2020-12-31 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VFICX
×
+0.23% +5.95%
+2.93%/yr
+8.36%
+2.71%/yr
−14.56%
−3.10%/yr
−7.32%
−0.76%/yr
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