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 −6.41% over the past year and −6.45% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 24, 2009, VGLT is down −5.96% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.36%/yr, and is currently −52.61% below its real total-return high on Apr. 21, 2020.

Data ending Mon Sep. 21, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2009-11-24💬 to Mon 2026-09-21 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VGLT × 		−5.96%
−0.36%/yr 		−0.39%/yr
R2=0.010
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2009-11-24💬 to Mon 2026-09-21 Start
Value 		End
Value
VGLT × 		$10,000.00
2009-11-24 		$9,403.83
2026-09-21

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-21

  YTD YoY
VGLT × 		−6.45% −6.41%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VGLT × 		−52.61%
on 2026-09-21
from 2020-04-21 peak 		−54.74%
on 2023-10-19
from 2020-04-21 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-09-21 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VGLT × 		−6.41% −13.15%
−6.81%/yr 		−3.58%
−1.21%/yr 		−43.89%
−10.92%/yr 		−38.97%
−4.82%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VGLT
2026 (YTD) −6.45%
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%