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

Total Real Returns

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

VFITX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VFITX returned −0.01% over the past year and −4.01% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 5, 1991, VFITX is up +95.02% in real purchasing-power return, or +1.96%/yr, and is currently −24.17% below its real total-return high on May 29, 2020.

Thu 1991-12-05? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VFITX × 		−4.01%
2026-05-22 		−0.01%
2026-05-22
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Returns

Thu 1991-12-05? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VFITX × 		+95.02%
+1.96%/yr 		+2.26%/yr
(R2=0.737)
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Growth of $10,000

Thu 1991-12-05? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value 		End
Value
VFITX × 		$10,000.00
1991-12-05 		$19,502.26
2026-05-22
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Annual Returns

Year VFITX
2026 (YTD) −4.01%
2025 +4.76%
2024 −1.45%
2023 +0.70%
2022 −15.87%
2021 −8.69%
2020 +6.75%
2019 +3.93%
2018 −0.88%
2017 −0.51%
2016 −0.86%
2015 +0.78%
2014 +3.54%
2013 −4.51%
2012 +0.94%
2011 +6.64%
2010 +5.80%
2009 −4.27%
2008 +13.25%
2007 +5.69%
2006 +0.62%
2005 −1.05%
2004 +0.16%
2003 +0.52%
2002 +11.52%
2001 +5.97%
2000 +10.34%
1999 −5.99%
1998 +8.90%
1997 +7.17%
1996 −1.31%
1995 +17.52%
1994 −3.41%
1993 +4.44%
1992 +4.62%
1991 +2.77%

Drawdowns

Thu 1991-12-05? to Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VFITX × 		−24.17%
from 2020-05-29 peak 		−28.82%
2023-10-19
from 2020-05-29 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VFITX × 		−0.01% +2.92%
+1.45%/yr 		+0.16%
+0.05%/yr 		−19.62%
−4.27%/yr 		−18.08%
−1.97%/yr
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