All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VIG real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VIG returned +16.01% over the past year and +9.48% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 27, 2006, VIG is up +342.73% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.61%/yr, and is currently at its real total-return high.
Data ending Wed Aug. 12, 2026
| Thu 2006-04-27💬 to Wed 2026-08-12 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIG × |
+342.73%
+7.61%/yr |
+8.56%/yr
R2=0.943 |
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| Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Thu 2006-04-27💬 to Wed 2026-08-12 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| VIG × |
$10,000.00
2006-04-27 |
$44,272.79
2026-08-12 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| VIG × | +9.48% | +16.01% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| VIG × |
—
on 2026-08-12 |
−47.74%
on 2009-03-09 from 2007-10-09 peak |
| Period ending Wed 2026-08-12 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIG × | +16.01% |
+29.46% +13.78%/yr |
+45.71% +13.37%/yr |
+36.52% +6.42%/yr |
+149.12% +9.56%/yr |
| Year | VIG |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +9.48% |
| 2025 | +11.20% |
| 2024 | +13.71% |
| 2023 | +10.80% |
| 2022 | −15.29% |
| 2021 | +15.63% |
| 2020 | +13.88% |
| 2019 | +26.72% |
| 2018 | −3.91% |
| 2017 | +19.69% |
| 2016 | +9.69% |
| 2015 | −2.66% |
| 2014 | +9.26% |
| 2013 | +26.96% |
| 2012 | +9.75% |
| 2011 | +3.10% |
| 2010 | +13.05% |
| 2009 | +16.42% |
| 2008 | −26.76% |
| 2007 | +1.47% |
| 2006 | +8.30% |
