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

Total Real Returns

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

VGSH real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VGSH returned −2.28% over the past year and −3.03% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 23, 2009, VGSH is down −18.90% in real purchasing-power return, or −1.23%/yr, and is currently −19.80% below its real total-return high on Oct. 8, 2010.

Data ending Fri Oct. 16, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Fri 2026-10-16 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VGSH × 		−18.90%
−1.23%/yr 		−1.39%/yr
R2=0.781
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Fri 2026-10-16 Start
Value 		End
Value
VGSH × 		$10,000.00
2009-11-23 		$8,110.07
2026-10-16

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-16

  YTD YoY
VGSH × 		−3.03% −2.28%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VGSH × 		−19.80%
on 2026-10-16
from 2010-10-08 peak 		−22.46%
on 2023-09-27
from 2010-10-08 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-16 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VGSH × 		−2.28% −0.49%
−0.25%/yr 		+3.12%
+1.03%/yr 		−9.98%
−2.08%/yr 		−14.64%
−1.57%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VGSH
2026 (YTD) −3.03%
2025 +2.34%
2024 +1.10%
2023 +0.93%
2022 −9.70%
2021 −7.13%
2020 +1.66%
2019 +1.21%
2018 −0.35%
2017 −2.04%
2016 −0.95%
2015 −0.22%
2014 −0.29%
2013 −1.16%
2012 −1.33%
2011 −1.46%
2010 +0.78%
2009 −0.36%