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

Total Real Returns

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

VLCAX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VLCAX returned +16.36% over the past year and +5.72% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VLCAX is up +476.70% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.13%/yr, and is currently −1.91% below its real total-return high on Jun. 2, 2026.

Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VLCAX × 		+5.72%
2026-07-02 		+16.36%
2026-07-02
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Returns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VLCAX × 		+476.70%
+8.13%/yr 		+8.60%/yr
(R2=0.905)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
VLCAX × 		$10,000.00
2004-01-30 		$57,670.28
2026-07-02
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Annual Returns

Year VLCAX
2026 (YTD) +5.72%
2025 +15.02%
2024 +21.60%
2023 +23.14%
2022 −24.57%
2021 +18.67%
2020 +19.40%
2019 +28.45%
2018 −6.27%
2017 +19.50%
2016 +9.38%
2015 +0.33%
2014 +12.53%
2013 +30.69%
2012 +14.09%
2011 −1.34%
2010 +14.10%
2009 +24.40%
2008 −37.10%
2007 +2.24%
2006 +12.74%
2005 +2.67%
2004 +7.35%

Drawdowns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VLCAX × 		−1.91%
from 2026-06-02 peak 		−55.55%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-09 peak
Vanguard Large-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VLCAX × 		+16.36% +30.34%
+14.17%/yr 		+59.60%
+16.86%/yr 		+46.22%
+7.90%/yr 		+200.88%
+11.64%/yr
Vanguard Large-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund