All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VFIFX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VFIFX returned +18.96% over the past year and +6.41% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jun. 7, 2006, VFIFX is up +279.15% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.89%/yr, and is currently ā1.78% below its real total-return high on Jun. 2, 2026.
Data ending Fri Jun. 12, 2026
| Wed 2006-06-07š¬ to Fri 2026-06-12 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFIFX × |
+6.41%
2026-06-12 |
+18.96%
2026-06-12 |
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| Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Wed 2006-06-07š¬ to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFIFX × |
+279.15%
+6.89%/yr |
+7.09%/yr
(R2=0.910) |
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| Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Wed 2006-06-07š¬ to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFIFX × |
$10,000.00
2006-06-07 |
$37,914.74
2026-06-12 |
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| Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Year | VFIFX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +6.41% |
| 2025 | +18.26% |
| 2024 | +11.44% |
| 2023 | +16.28% |
| 2022 | ā22.30% |
| 2021 | +21.70% |
| 2020 | +15.08% |
| 2019 | +22.19% |
| 2018 | ā9.53% |
| 2017 | +18.92% |
| 2016 | +6.75% |
| 2015 | ā1.97% |
| 2014 | +6.39% |
| 2013 | +22.51% |
| 2012 | +13.63% |
| 2011 | ā5.29% |
| 2010 | +14.95% |
| 2009 | +24.92% |
| 2008 | ā34.64% |
| 2007 | +3.25% |
| 2006 | +14.25% |
| Wed 2006-06-07š¬ to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFIFX × |
ā1.78%
from 2026-06-02 peak |
ā52.53%
2009-03-09 from 2007-10-09 peak |
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| Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-06-12 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFIFX × | +18.96% |
+31.63% +14.73%/yr |
+51.15% +14.76%/yr |
+43.42% +7.48%/yr |
+147.07% +9.47%/yr |
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| Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||