VFISX Stock Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

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

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

VFISX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VFISX returned −0.57% over the past year and −3.01% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 5, 1991, VFISX is up +30.12% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.77%/yr, and is currently −20.10% below its real total-return high on Nov. 4, 2010.

Dividends Reinvested:

Thu 1991-12-05^? to Tue 2026-05-19	YTD Return	1 Year Return
VFISX ^×	−3.01% 2026-05-19	−0.57% 2026-05-19
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Returns

Thu 1991-12-05^? to Tue 2026-05-19	Overall Return	Exponential Trendline
VFISX ^×	+30.12% +0.77%/yr	+0.82%/yr (R²=0.369)
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Growth of $10,000

Thu 1991-12-05^? to Tue 2026-05-19	Start Value	End Value
VFISX ^×	$10,000.00 1991-12-05	$13,012.09 2026-05-19
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Annual Returns

Year	VFISX
2026 (YTD)	−3.01%
2025	+2.61%
2024	+0.84%
2023	+0.18%
2022	−10.50%
2021	−7.36%
2020	+2.56%
2019	+1.28%
2018	−0.54%
2017	−1.76%
2016	−0.93%
2015	−0.27%
2014	−0.04%
2013	−1.57%
2012	−1.02%
2011	−0.68%
2010	+1.02%
2009	−1.22%
2008	+6.60%
2007	+3.65%
2006	+1.23%
2005	−1.59%
2004	−2.15%
2003	+0.55%
2002	+5.36%
2001	+6.20%
2000	+5.29%
1999	−0.62%
1998	+5.69%
1997	+4.66%
1996	+1.07%
1995	+9.37%
1994	−3.23%
1993	+2.68%
1992	+3.34%
1991	+1.30%

Drawdowns

Thu 1991-12-05^? to Tue 2026-05-19	Current Drawdown	Worst Drawdown
VFISX ^×	−20.10% from 2010-11-04 peak	−23.25% 2023-09-27 from 2010-11-04 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-05-19	1 Year	2 Years	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
VFISX ^×	−0.57%	+2.49% +1.24%/yr	+1.85% +0.61%/yr	−14.10% −3.00%/yr	−15.86% −1.71%/yr
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