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 +48.65% over the past year and +19.39% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VGT is up +1,166.49% in real purchasing-power return, or +12.05%/yr, and is currently at its real total-return high.

Fri 2004-01-30? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VGT × 		+19.39%
2026-05-22 		+48.65%
2026-05-22
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Returns

Fri 2004-01-30? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VGT × 		+1,166.49%
+12.05%/yr 		+13.26%/yr
(R2=0.920)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value 		End
Value
VGT × 		$10,000.00
2004-01-30 		$126,648.60
2026-05-22
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Annual Returns

Year VGT
2026 (YTD) +19.39%
2025 +18.60%
2024 +25.68%
2023 +47.71%
2022 āˆ’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 āˆ’2.36%
2010 +11.12%
2009 +57.60%
2008 āˆ’42.87%
2007 +10.26%
2006 +6.18%
2005 āˆ’0.42%
2004 āˆ’5.48%

Drawdowns

Fri 2004-01-30? to Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VGT × 		— āˆ’55.66%
2008-11-20
from 2007-10-31 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VGT × 		+48.65% +62.86%
+27.64%/yr 		+113.27%
+28.71%/yr 		+110.64%
+16.06%/yr 		+588.53%
+21.27%/yr
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