All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VFINX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VFINX returned +20.72% over the past year and +6.45% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 26, 1979, VFINX is up +3,307.99% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.89%/yr, and is currently −1.37% below its real total-return high on Jun. 2, 2026.
Data ending Tue Jun. 16, 2026
| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Tue 2026-06-16 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFINX × |
+6.45%
2026-06-16 |
+20.72%
2026-06-16 |
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| Vanguard 500 Index Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Tue 2026-06-16 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFINX × |
+3,307.99%
+7.89%/yr |
+7.25%/yr
(R2=0.941) |
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| Vanguard 500 Index Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Tue 2026-06-16 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFINX × |
$10,000.00
1979-12-26 |
$340,798.54
2026-06-16 |
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| Vanguard 500 Index Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Year | VFINX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +6.45% |
| 2025 | +14.65% |
| 2024 | +21.34% |
| 2023 | +22.03% |
| 2022 | −23.21% |
| 2021 | +20.08% |
| 2020 | +17.14% |
| 2019 | +28.40% |
| 2018 | −6.33% |
| 2017 | +19.14% |
| 2016 | +9.56% |
| 2015 | +0.50% |
| 2014 | +12.67% |
| 2013 | +30.21% |
| 2012 | +13.85% |
| 2011 | −0.98% |
| 2010 | +13.22% |
| 2009 | +23.17% |
| 2008 | −37.08% |
| 2007 | +1.25% |
| 2006 | +12.80% |
| 2005 | +1.30% |
| 2004 | +7.25% |
| 2003 | +26.13% |
| 2002 | −23.98% |
| 2001 | −13.38% |
| 2000 | −12.04% |
| 1999 | +17.92% |
| 1998 | +26.58% |
| 1997 | +30.95% |
| 1996 | +18.92% |
| 1995 | +34.04% |
| 1994 | −1.46% |
| 1993 | +7.21% |
| 1992 | +5.19% |
| 1991 | +28.13% |
| 1990 | −8.35% |
| 1989 | +22.68% |
| 1988 | +10.06% |
| 1987 | −0.44% |
| 1986 | +8.11% |
| 1985 | +18.12% |
| 1984 | −0.27% |
| 1983 | +12.80% |
| 1982 | +14.85% |
| 1981 | −16.04% |
| 1980 | +13.66% |
| 1979 | −2.23% |
| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Tue 2026-06-16 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFINX × |
−1.37%
from 2026-06-02 peak |
−58.52%
2009-03-09 from 2000-03-23 peak |
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| Vanguard 500 Index Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Tue 2026-06-16 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFINX × | +20.72% |
+32.37% +15.05%/yr |
+60.30% +17.03%/yr |
+52.92% +8.87%/yr |
+203.60% +11.75%/yr |
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| Vanguard 500 Index Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
