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

Total Real Returns

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

VO real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VO returned +7.99% over the past year and +8.20% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VO is up +399.49% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.34%/yr, and is currently −4.75% below its real total-return high on Aug. 14, 2026.

Data ending Thu Oct. 15, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-10-15 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VO
×
+399.49%
+7.34%/yr
+7.77%/yr
R2=0.904
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-10-15 Start
Value
End
Value
VO
×
$10,000.00
2004-01-30
$49,949.15
2026-10-15

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-15

  YTD YoY
VO
×
+8.20% +7.99%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VO
×
−4.75%
on 2026-10-15
from 2026-08-14 peak
−59.75%
on 2008-11-20
from 2007-07-13 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-10-15 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VO
×
+7.99% +16.40%
+7.89%/yr
+49.69%
+14.39%/yr
+15.30%
+2.89%/yr
+114.89%
+7.95%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VO
2026 (YTD) +8.20%
2025 +8.72%
2024 +12.08%
2023 +12.27%
2022 −23.67%
2021 +16.51%
2020 +16.51%
2019 +28.06%
2018 −10.94%
2017 +16.81%
2016 +9.00%
2015 −2.07%
2014 +12.90%
2013 +33.05%
2012 +14.23%
2011 −4.89%
2010 +23.83%
2009 +36.74%
2008 −41.61%
2007 +1.38%
2006 +11.12%
2005 +10.18%
2004 +14.35%