All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VOX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VOX returned +7.85% over the past year and −5.58% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Sep. 29, 2004, VOX is up +254.04% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.98%/yr, and is currently −8.44% below its real total-return high on Jan. 29, 2026.
Data ending Wed Jul. 1, 2026
| Wed 2004-09-29💬 to Wed 2026-07-01 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VOX × |
−5.58%
2026-07-01 |
+7.85%
2026-07-01 |
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| Wed 2004-09-29💬 to Wed 2026-07-01 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VOX × |
+254.04%
+5.98%/yr |
+5.20%/yr
(R2=0.789) |
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| Wed 2004-09-29💬 to Wed 2026-07-01 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VOX × |
$10,000.00
2004-09-29 |
$35,403.85
2026-07-01 |
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| Year | VOX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −5.58% |
| 2025 | +22.98% |
| 2024 | +29.40% |
| 2023 | +40.12% |
| 2022 | −42.56% |
| 2021 | +6.34% |
| 2020 | +27.39% |
| 2019 | +25.17% |
| 2018 | −18.31% |
| 2017 | −7.45% |
| 2016 | +20.28% |
| 2015 | +1.95% |
| 2014 | +3.25% |
| 2013 | +22.44% |
| 2012 | +14.57% |
| 2011 | −4.98% |
| 2010 | +17.77% |
| 2009 | +26.06% |
| 2008 | −38.62% |
| 2007 | +0.98% |
| 2006 | +33.34% |
| 2005 | −1.38% |
| 2004 | +11.83% |
| Wed 2004-09-29💬 to Wed 2026-07-01 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VOX × |
−8.44%
from 2026-01-29 peak |
−58.28%
2008-11-20 from 2007-07-16 peak |
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| Period ending Wed 2026-07-01 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VOX × | +7.85% |
+30.92% +14.42%/yr |
+66.44% +18.51%/yr |
+11.11% +2.13%/yr |
+59.44% +4.78%/yr |
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