VFINX,CAT,MSFT Stock Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

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

VFINX,CAT,MSFT: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

Dividends Reinvested:

Thu 1986-03-13^? to Mon 2025-01-13	YTD Return	TRR Price
VFINX ^×	−0.83% 2025-01-13	27.48 TRR 2025-01-13
Vanguard 500 Index Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund
CAT ^×	−0.17% 2025-01-13	25.47 TRR 2025-01-13
Caterpillar Inc NYSE Common Stock
MSFT ^×	−1.12% 2025-01-13	2404.55 TRR 2025-01-13
Microsoft Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock

Thu 1986-03-13^? to Mon 2025-01-13	Overall Return	Exponential Trendline
VFINX ^×	+1,633.16% +7.62%/yr	+6.73%/yr (R²=0.902)
Vanguard 500 Index Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund
CAT ^×	+3,119.36% +9.35%/yr	+9.49%/yr (R²=0.941)
Caterpillar Inc NYSE Common Stock
MSFT ^×	+240,355.33% +22.19%/yr	+16.19%/yr (R²=0.845)
Microsoft Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock

Thu 1986-03-13^? to Mon 2025-01-13	Start Value	End Value
VFINX ^×	$10,000.00 1986-03-13	$173,316.18 2025-01-13
Vanguard 500 Index Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund
CAT ^×	$10,000.00 1986-03-13	$321,936.06 2025-01-13
Caterpillar Inc NYSE Common Stock
MSFT ^×	$10,000.00 1986-03-13	$24,045,533.14 2025-01-13
Microsoft Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock

Year	VFINX	CAT	MSFT
2025 (YTD)	−0.83%	−0.17%	−1.12%
2024	+21.11%	+20.93%	+9.55%
2023	+22.03%	+21.87%	+53.07%
2022	−23.21%	+11.39%	−32.40%
2021	+20.08%	+8.33%	+42.46%
2020	+17.14%	+25.26%	+40.61%
2019	+28.40%	+16.84%	+54.04%
2018	−6.33%	−19.10%	+18.53%
2017	+19.15%	+71.40%	+37.83%
2016	+9.56%	+39.24%	+12.73%
2015	+0.50%	−23.54%	+21.80%
2014	+12.67%	+2.70%	+26.61%
2013	+30.21%	+1.89%	+42.18%
2012	+13.85%	−0.13%	+3.97%
2011	−0.98%	−4.30%	−7.26%
2010	+13.21%	+66.05%	−7.91%
2009	+23.17%	+29.70%	+56.25%
2008	−37.08%	−36.87%	−44.45%
2007	+1.25%	+15.74%	+16.12%
2006	+12.81%	+5.22%	+12.96%
2005	+1.30%	+15.62%	−4.21%
2004	+7.24%	+13.74%	+5.69%
2003	+26.12%	+78.27%	+4.85%
2002	−23.97%	−14.54%	−23.77%
2001	−13.37%	+8.74%	+50.41%
2000	−12.04%	−2.75%	−64.07%
1999	+17.92%	−0.37%	+63.97%
1998	+26.57%	−6.66%	+111.23%
1997	+30.95%	+26.74%	+53.74%
1996	+18.92%	+23.98%	+82.33%
1995	+34.04%	+3.95%	+39.98%
1994	−1.46%	+20.61%	+47.67%
1993	+7.20%	+61.56%	−8.08%
1992	+5.19%	+18.77%	+11.88%
1991	+28.13%	−9.42%	+115.11%
1990	−8.92%	−23.46%	+63.02%
1989	+22.70%	−13.06%	+56.15%
1988	+10.05%	−1.78%	−6.01%
1987	−0.43%	+47.99%	+115.41%
1986	+8.09%	−5.50%	+70.20%
1985	+18.15%	+30.53%	—
1984	−0.30%	−36.87%	—
1983	+12.80%	+13.45%	—
1982	+14.86%	−30.39%	—
1981	−16.06%	−12.11%	—
1980	+13.66%	+13.70%	—
1979	−2.19%	—	—

Thu 1986-03-13^? to Mon 2025-01-13	Current Drawdown	Worst Drawdown
VFINX ^×	−4.33%	−58.52% 2009-03-09
Vanguard 500 Index Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund
CAT ^×	−13.29%	−73.92% 2009-03-02
Caterpillar Inc NYSE Common Stock
MSFT ^×	−11.08%	−75.74% 2009-03-09
Microsoft Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock