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Total Real Returns

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

VGIT real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VGIT returned −0.11% over the past year and −3.14% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 23, 2009, VGIT is down −8.10% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.51%/yr, and is currently −24.81% below its real total-return high on May 14, 2020.

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Fri 2026-05-29 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VGIT
×
−3.14%
2026-05-29
−0.11%
2026-05-29
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Returns

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Fri 2026-05-29 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VGIT
×
−8.10%
−0.51%/yr
−0.91%/yr
(R2=0.253)
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Growth of $10,000

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Fri 2026-05-29 Start
Value
End
Value
VGIT
×
$10,000.00
2009-11-23
$9,190.07
2026-05-29
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Annual Returns

Year VGIT
2026 (YTD) −3.14%
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%

Drawdowns

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Fri 2026-05-29 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VGIT
×
−24.81%
from 2020-05-14 peak
−29.49%
2023-10-19
from 2020-05-14 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-29 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VGIT
×
−0.11% +4.32%
+2.14%/yr
+1.43%
+0.47%/yr
−18.87%
−4.10%/yr
−18.41%
−2.01%/yr
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund