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

Total Real Returns

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

VFIFX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VFIFX returned +16.53% over the past year and +6.40% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jun. 7, 2006, VFIFX is up +279.12% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.87%/yr, and is currently āˆ’1.79% below its real total-return high on Jun. 2, 2026.

Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026

Wed 2006-06-07šŸ’¬ to Thu 2026-07-02 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VFIFX × 		+6.40%
2026-07-02 		+16.53%
2026-07-02
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Returns

Wed 2006-06-07šŸ’¬ to Thu 2026-07-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VFIFX × 		+279.12%
+6.87%/yr 		+7.11%/yr
(R2=0.910)
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Growth of $10,000

Wed 2006-06-07šŸ’¬ to Thu 2026-07-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
VFIFX × 		$10,000.00
2006-06-07 		$37,912.22
2026-07-02
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Annual Returns

Year VFIFX
2026 (YTD) +6.40%
2025 +18.26%
2024 +11.44%
2023 +16.28%
2022 āˆ’22.30%
2021 +21.70%
2020 +15.08%
2019 +22.19%
2018 āˆ’9.53%
2017 +18.92%
2016 +6.75%
2015 āˆ’1.97%
2014 +6.39%
2013 +22.51%
2012 +13.63%
2011 āˆ’5.29%
2010 +14.95%
2009 +24.92%
2008 āˆ’34.64%
2007 +3.25%
2006 +14.25%

Drawdowns

Wed 2006-06-07šŸ’¬ to Thu 2026-07-02 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VFIFX × 		āˆ’1.79%
from 2026-06-02 peak 		āˆ’52.53%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-09 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VFIFX × 		+16.53% +30.96%
+14.44%/yr 		+49.18%
+14.26%/yr 		+43.39%
+7.47%/yr 		+146.65%
+9.45%/yr
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