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

Total Real Returns

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

VIPSX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VIPSX returned −0.90% over the past year and −2.50% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 14, 2000, VIPSX is up +58.96% in real purchasing-power return, or +1.80%/yr, and is currently −18.11% below its real total-return high on Jan. 4, 2021.

Data ending Tue Jun. 30, 2026

Fri 2000-07-14💬 to Tue 2026-06-30 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VIPSX × 		−2.50%
2026-06-30 		−0.90%
2026-06-30
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Returns

Fri 2000-07-14💬 to Tue 2026-06-30 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VIPSX × 		+58.96%
+1.80%/yr 		+1.48%/yr
(R2=0.533)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2000-07-14💬 to Tue 2026-06-30 Start
Value 		End
Value
VIPSX × 		$10,000.00
2000-07-14 		$15,895.94
2026-06-30
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Annual Returns

Year VIPSX
2026 (YTD) −2.50%
2025 +3.99%
2024 −1.10%
2023 +0.37%
2022 −17.39%
2021 −1.36%
2020 +9.42%
2019 +5.64%
2018 −3.32%
2017 +0.69%
2016 +1.19%
2015 −2.54%
2014 +3.05%
2013 −10.26%
2012 +4.96%
2011 +9.97%
2010 +4.59%
2009 +7.86%
2008 −2.92%
2007 +7.21%
2006 −2.04%
2005 −0.82%
2004 +7.09%
2003 +6.00%
2002 +13.90%
2001 +6.07%
2000 +4.57%

Drawdowns

Fri 2000-07-14💬 to Tue 2026-06-30 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VIPSX × 		−18.11%
from 2021-01-04 peak 		−23.27%
2023-10-06
from 2021-01-04 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-06-30 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VIPSX × 		−0.90% +1.92%
+0.95%/yr 		+1.56%
+0.52%/yr 		−15.81%
−3.38%/yr 		−10.57%
−1.11%/yr
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