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

Total Real Returns

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

VGT real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VGT returned +33.30% over the past year and +29.83% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VGT is up +1,277.17% in real purchasing-power return, or +12.25%/yr, and is currently −2.59% below its real total-return high on Oct. 6, 2026.

Data ending Mon Oct. 12, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Mon 2026-10-12 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VGT
×
+1,277.17%
+12.25%/yr
+13.46%/yr
R2=0.922
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Mon 2026-10-12 Start
Value
End
Value
VGT
×
$10,000.00
2004-01-30
$137,717.29
2026-10-12

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-12

  YTD YoY
VGT
×
+29.83% +33.30%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VGT
×
−2.59%
on 2026-10-12
from 2026-10-06 peak
−55.66%
on 2008-11-20
from 2007-10-31 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-10-12 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VGT
×
+33.30% +59.56%
+26.32%/yr
+118.91%
+29.84%/yr
+111.32%
+16.14%/yr
+564.21%
+20.85%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VGT
2026 (YTD) +29.83%
2025 +18.60%
2024 +25.68%
2023 +47.71%
2022 −33.97%
2021 +21.87%
2020 +44.08%
2019 +45.30%
2018 +0.54%
2017 +34.25%
2016 +11.46%
2015 +4.28%
2014 +17.14%
2013 +29.03%
2012 +12.01%
2011 −2.36%
2010 +11.12%
2009 +57.60%
2008 −42.87%
2007 +10.26%
2006 +6.18%
2005 −0.42%
2004 −5.48%