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

Total Real Returns

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

VGLT real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VGLT returned −10.54% over the past year and −10.23% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 24, 2009, VGLT is down −9.76% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.61%/yr, and is currently −54.52% below its real total-return high on Apr. 21, 2020.

Data ending Fri Oct. 9, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2009-11-24💬 to Fri 2026-10-09 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VGLT × 		−9.76%
−0.61%/yr 		−0.44%/yr
R2=0.013
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2009-11-24💬 to Fri 2026-10-09 Start
Value 		End
Value
VGLT × 		$10,000.00
2009-11-24 		$9,023.75
2026-10-09

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-09

  YTD YoY
VGLT × 		−10.23% −10.54%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VGLT × 		−54.52%
on 2026-10-09
from 2020-04-21 peak 		−54.96%
on 2026-10-05
from 2020-04-21 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-09 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VGLT × 		−10.54% −13.22%
−6.85%/yr 		−3.86%
−1.30%/yr 		−42.86%
−10.59%/yr 		−40.65%
−5.08%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VGLT
2026 (YTD) −10.23%
2025 +2.61%
2024 −8.90%
2023 −0.07%
2022 −33.64%
2021 −11.23%
2020 +15.99%
2019 +11.75%
2018 −3.37%
2017 +6.39%
2016 −0.84%
2015 −1.76%
2014 +24.25%
2013 −13.75%
2012 +1.54%
2011 +25.45%
2010 +7.39%
2009 −4.01%