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 −5.61% over the past year and −5.75% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 23, 2009, VGIT is down −10.58% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.66%/yr, and is currently −26.84% below its real total-return high on May 14, 2020.

Data ending Fri Oct. 16, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Fri 2026-10-16 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VGIT × 		−10.58%
−0.66%/yr 		−0.96%/yr
R2=0.286
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Fri 2026-10-16 Start
Value 		End
Value
VGIT × 		$10,000.00
2009-11-23 		$8,942.22
2026-10-16

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-16

  YTD YoY
VGIT × 		−5.75% −5.61%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VGIT × 		−26.84%
on 2026-10-16
from 2020-05-14 peak 		−29.49%
on 2023-10-19
from 2020-05-14 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-16 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VGIT × 		−5.61% −3.18%
−1.60%/yr 		+2.59%
+0.86%/yr 		−18.82%
−4.08%/yr 		−20.94%
−2.32%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VGIT
2026 (YTD) −5.75%
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%