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 +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 āˆ’1.78% below its real total-return high on Jun. 2, 2026.

Data ending Fri Jun. 12, 2026

Wed 2006-06-07šŸ’¬ to Fri 2026-06-12 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VFIFX
×
+6.41%
2026-06-12
+18.96%
2026-06-12
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Returns

Wed 2006-06-07šŸ’¬ to Fri 2026-06-12 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VFIFX
×
+279.15%
+6.89%/yr
+7.09%/yr
(R2=0.910)
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Growth of $10,000

Wed 2006-06-07šŸ’¬ to Fri 2026-06-12 Start
Value
End
Value
VFIFX
×
$10,000.00
2006-06-07
$37,914.74
2026-06-12
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Annual Returns

Year VFIFX
2026 (YTD) +6.41%
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 Fri 2026-06-12 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VFIFX
×
āˆ’1.78%
from 2026-06-02 peak
āˆ’52.53%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-09 peak
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Rolling Returns

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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