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

Total Real Returns

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

VHT real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VHT returned +20.04% over the past year and +1.37% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VHT is up +354.20% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.97%/yr, and is currently −3.71% below its real total-return high on Jul. 7, 2026.

Data ending Wed Jul. 15, 2026

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VHT × 		+1.37%
2026-07-15 		+20.04%
2026-07-15
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Returns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VHT × 		+354.20%
+6.97%/yr 		+9.17%/yr
(R2=0.914)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 Start
Value 		End
Value
VHT × 		$10,000.00
2004-01-30 		$45,419.84
2026-07-15
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Annual Returns

Year VHT
2026 (YTD) +1.37%
2025 +12.45%
2024 −0.21%
2023 −0.80%
2022 −11.34%
2021 +12.64%
2020 +16.70%
2019 +19.15%
2018 +3.61%
2017 +20.71%
2016 −5.18%
2015 +6.34%
2014 +24.56%
2013 +40.57%
2012 +16.99%
2011 +7.52%
2010 +4.04%
2009 +18.59%
2008 −23.41%
2007 +3.63%
2006 +3.93%
2005 +4.61%
2004 −1.98%

Drawdowns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VHT × 		−3.71%
from 2026-07-07 peak 		−39.73%
2009-03-05
from 2007-12-10 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-07-15 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VHT × 		+20.04% +7.00%
+3.44%/yr 		+17.35%
+5.48%/yr 		+5.43%
+1.06%/yr 		+85.00%
+6.35%/yr
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