All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VFSTX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VFSTX returned +0.92% over the past year and −2.61% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 15, 1986, VFSTX is up +111.58% in real purchasing-power return, or +1.89%/yr, and is currently −12.77% below its real total-return high on Dec. 31, 2020.
| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFSTX × |
−2.61%
2026-05-28 |
+0.92%
2026-05-28 |
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| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFSTX × |
+111.58%
+1.89%/yr |
+2.00%/yr
(R2=0.804) |
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| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFSTX × |
$10,000.00
1986-05-15 |
$21,157.71
2026-05-28 |
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| Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Year | VFSTX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −2.61% |
| 2025 | +3.97% |
| 2024 | +2.04% |
| 2023 | +2.62% |
| 2022 | −11.56% |
| 2021 | −6.97% |
| 2020 | +3.75% |
| 2019 | +3.37% |
| 2018 | −1.02% |
| 2017 | −0.08% |
| 2016 | +0.67% |
| 2015 | +0.31% |
| 2014 | +1.00% |
| 2013 | −0.50% |
| 2012 | +2.76% |
| 2011 | −1.01% |
| 2010 | +3.68% |
| 2009 | +11.03% |
| 2008 | −4.80% |
| 2007 | +1.73% |
| 2006 | +2.45% |
| 2005 | −1.17% |
| 2004 | −1.09% |
| 2003 | +2.14% |
| 2002 | +2.67% |
| 2001 | +6.55% |
| 2000 | +4.68% |
| 1999 | +0.63% |
| 1998 | +4.94% |
| 1997 | +5.20% |
| 1996 | +1.47% |
| 1995 | +9.98% |
| 1994 | −2.10% |
| 1993 | +4.49% |
| 1992 | +4.68% |
| 1991 | +9.78% |
| 1990 | +3.01% |
| 1989 | +6.59% |
| 1988 | +2.51% |
| 1987 | −1.62% |
| 1986 | +5.11% |
| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFSTX × |
−12.77%
from 2020-12-31 peak |
−20.21%
2022-10-20 from 2020-12-31 peak |
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| Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-05-28 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VFSTX × | +0.92% |
+5.35% +2.64%/yr |
+7.21% +2.34%/yr |
−10.20% −2.13%/yr |
−7.23% −0.75%/yr |
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| Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
