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 +0.66% over the past year and −2.28% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 14, 2000, VIPSX is up +59.32% in real purchasing-power return, or +1.82%/yr, and is currently −17.92% below its real total-return high on Jan. 4, 2021.

Fri 2000-07-14? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VIPSX × 		−2.28%
2026-05-22 		+0.66%
2026-05-22
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Returns

Fri 2000-07-14? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VIPSX × 		+59.32%
+1.82%/yr 		+1.50%/yr
(R2=0.538)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2000-07-14? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value 		End
Value
VIPSX × 		$10,000.00
2000-07-14 		$15,931.81
2026-05-22
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Annual Returns

Year VIPSX
2026 (YTD) −2.28%
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 Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VIPSX × 		−17.92%
from 2021-01-04 peak 		−23.27%
2023-10-06
from 2021-01-04 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VIPSX × 		+0.66% +2.81%
+1.40%/yr 		+1.01%
+0.34%/yr 		−15.73%
−3.36%/yr 		−8.77%
−0.91%/yr
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