All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VGSTX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VGSTX returned +9.82% over the past year and +2.25% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 15, 1985, VGSTX is up +1,145.47% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.32%/yr, and is currently −0.64% below its real total-return high on Jun. 2, 2026.
Data ending Wed Jul. 1, 2026
| Wed 1985-05-15💬 to Wed 2026-07-01 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGSTX × |
+2.25%
2026-07-01 |
+9.82%
2026-07-01 |
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| Vanguard Star Fund Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Wed 1985-05-15💬 to Wed 2026-07-01 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGSTX × |
+1,145.47%
+6.32%/yr |
+6.10%/yr
(R2=0.962) |
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| Vanguard Star Fund Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Wed 1985-05-15💬 to Wed 2026-07-01 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGSTX × |
$10,000.00
1985-05-15 |
$124,546.76
2026-07-01 |
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| Vanguard Star Fund Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Year | VGSTX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +2.25% |
| 2025 | +12.87% |
| 2024 | +5.99% |
| 2023 | +13.35% |
| 2022 | −23.03% |
| 2021 | +2.44% |
| 2020 | +19.81% |
| 2019 | +19.48% |
| 2018 | −7.10% |
| 2017 | +15.88% |
| 2016 | +4.39% |
| 2015 | −0.85% |
| 2014 | +6.55% |
| 2013 | +16.07% |
| 2012 | +11.84% |
| 2011 | −2.12% |
| 2010 | +10.34% |
| 2009 | +21.57% |
| 2008 | −25.09% |
| 2007 | +2.40% |
| 2006 | +8.84% |
| 2005 | +4.84% |
| 2004 | +8.08% |
| 2003 | +20.44% |
| 2002 | −11.96% |
| 2001 | −0.98% |
| 2000 | +8.04% |
| 1999 | +4.54% |
| 1998 | +11.21% |
| 1997 | +19.22% |
| 1996 | +12.48% |
| 1995 | +25.48% |
| 1994 | −2.89% |
| 1993 | +8.27% |
| 1992 | +7.54% |
| 1991 | +27.87% |
| 1990 | −9.21% |
| 1989 | +18.89% |
| 1988 | +13.79% |
| 1987 | −9.36% |
| 1986 | +5.77% |
| 1985 | +10.07% |
| Wed 1985-05-15💬 to Wed 2026-07-01 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGSTX × |
−0.64%
from 2026-06-02 peak |
−39.60%
2009-03-09 from 2007-10-31 peak |
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| Vanguard Star Fund Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Wed 2026-07-01 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGSTX × | +9.82% |
+18.88% +9.03%/yr |
+28.91% +8.83%/yr |
+5.30% +1.04%/yr |
+74.39% +5.72%/yr |
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| Vanguard Star Fund Mutual Fund | ||||||
