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

Total Real Returns

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

VGIT real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VGIT returned −1.35% over the past year and −3.23% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 23, 2009, VGIT is down −8.18% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.51%/yr, and is currently −24.88% below its real total-return high on May 14, 2020.

Data ending Wed Aug. 19, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Wed 2026-08-19 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VGIT × 		−8.18%
−0.51%/yr 		−0.93%/yr
R2=0.271
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Wed 2026-08-19 Start
Value 		End
Value
VGIT × 		$10,000.00
2009-11-23 		$9,181.63
2026-08-19

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-19

  YTD YoY
VGIT × 		−3.23% −1.35%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VGIT × 		−24.88%
on 2026-08-19
from 2020-05-14 peak 		−29.49%
on 2023-10-19
from 2020-05-14 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-08-19 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VGIT × 		−1.35% −0.68%
−0.34%/yr 		+3.63%
+1.20%/yr 		−18.56%
−4.02%/yr 		−19.57%
−2.15%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VGIT
2026 (YTD) −3.23%
2025 +4.55%
2024 −1.45%
2023 +0.90%
2022 −15.97%
2021 −9.04%
2020 +5.52%
2019 +3.82%
2018 −0.54%
2017 −0.40%
2016 −1.21%
2015 +0.87%
2014 +3.79%
2013 −4.37%
2012 +0.45%
2011 +6.46%
2010 +5.94%
2009 −1.81%