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 +13.42% over the past year and −3.95% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VHT is up +330.34% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.75%/yr, and is currently −6.91% below its real total-return high on Jan. 7, 2026.

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Fri 2026-06-05 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VHT × 		−3.95%
2026-06-05 		+13.42%
2026-06-05
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Returns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Fri 2026-06-05 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VHT × 		+330.34%
+6.75%/yr 		+9.19%/yr
(R2=0.914)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Fri 2026-06-05 Start
Value 		End
Value
VHT × 		$10,000.00
2004-01-30 		$43,034.30
2026-06-05
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Annual Returns

Year VHT
2026 (YTD) −3.95%
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 Fri 2026-06-05 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VHT × 		−6.91%
from 2026-01-07 peak 		−39.73%
2009-03-05
from 2007-12-10 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-06-05 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VHT × 		+13.42% +3.55%
+1.76%/yr 		+12.08%
+3.87%/yr 		+3.78%
+0.74%/yr 		+79.88%
+6.04%/yr
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