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

Total Real Returns

VFSTX vs. VFICX: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1993-11-22💬 to Tue 2026-09-22 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VFSTX × 		+52.02%
+1.28%/yr 		+1.30%/yr
R2=0.677
Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund
VFICX × 		+112.09%
+2.32%/yr 		+2.76%/yr
R2=0.846
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1993-11-22💬 to Tue 2026-09-22 Start
Value 		End
Value
VFSTX × 		$10,000.00
1993-11-22 		$15,201.90
2026-09-22
VFICX × 		$10,000.00
1993-11-22 		$21,208.96
2026-09-22

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-22

  YTD YoY
VFSTX × 		−3.25% −1.70%
VFICX × 		−5.31% −3.81%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VFSTX × 		−13.34%
on 2026-09-22
from 2020-12-31 peak 		−20.21%
on 2022-10-20
from 2020-12-31 peak
VFICX × 		−20.52%
on 2026-09-22
from 2020-12-31 peak 		−29.72%
on 2022-10-20
from 2020-12-31 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-09-22 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VFSTX × 		−1.70% +0.21%
+0.11%/yr 		+7.15%
+2.33%/yr 		−9.11%
−1.89%/yr 		−8.80%
−0.92%/yr
VFICX × 		−3.81% −1.79%
−0.90%/yr 		+9.13%
+2.95%/yr 		−16.42%
−3.52%/yr 		−9.57%
−1.00%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VFSTX VFICX
2026 (YTD) −3.25% −5.31%
2025 +3.97% +6.71%
2024 +2.04% +0.33%
2023 +2.62% +5.02%
2022 −11.56% −19.09%
2021 −6.97% −7.72%
2020 +3.75% +8.85%
2019 +3.37% +7.94%
2018 −1.02% −2.42%
2017 −0.09% +2.02%
2016 +0.67% +1.72%
2015 +0.31% +0.80%
2014 +1.00% +5.04%
2013 −0.50% −2.83%
2012 +2.76% +7.29%
2011 −1.01% +4.34%
2010 +3.68% +8.99%
2009 +11.03% +14.66%
2008 −4.80% −6.21%
2007 +1.73% +2.00%
2006 +2.44% +1.90%
2005 −1.17% −1.38%
2004 −1.09% +1.48%
2003 +2.14% +4.36%
2002 +2.67% +7.54%
2001 +6.55% +7.86%
2000 +4.68% +7.11%
1999 +0.63% −2.94%
1998 +4.94% +6.64%
1997 +5.20% +7.17%
1996 +1.47% −0.68%
1995 +9.98% +18.47%
1994 −2.10% −6.66%
1993 +4.49% +1.11%
1992 +4.68% —
1991 +9.77% —
1990 +3.01% —
1989 +6.60% —
1988 +2.51% —
1987 −1.63% —
1986 +10.30% —
1985 +10.80% —
1984 +10.01% —
1983 +4.40% —