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 −4.96% over the past year and −6.32% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 23, 2009, VGIT is down −11.12% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.70%/yr, and is currently −27.28% below its real total-return high on May 14, 2020.

Data ending Mon Sep. 28, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Mon 2026-09-28 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VGIT × 		−11.12%
−0.70%/yr 		−0.95%/yr
R2=0.281
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Mon 2026-09-28 Start
Value 		End
Value
VGIT × 		$10,000.00
2009-11-23 		$8,888.33
2026-09-28

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-28

  YTD YoY
VGIT × 		−6.32% −4.96%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VGIT × 		−27.28%
on 2026-09-28
from 2020-05-14 peak 		−29.49%
on 2023-10-19
from 2020-05-14 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-09-28 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VGIT × 		−4.96% −5.17%
−2.62%/yr 		+1.65%
+0.55%/yr 		−19.92%
−4.35%/yr 		−22.11%
−2.47%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VGIT
2026 (YTD) −6.32%
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%