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

Total Real Returns

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

VPMCX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VPMCX returned +46.73% over the past year and +18.91% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 15, 1986, VPMCX is up +4,135.91% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.80%/yr, and is currently −2.40% below its real total-return high on Jun. 3, 2026.

Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VPMCX × 		+18.91%
2026-06-09 		+46.73%
2026-06-09
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Returns

Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VPMCX × 		+4,135.91%
+9.80%/yr 		+9.21%/yr
(R2=0.953)
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Growth of $10,000

Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 Start
Value 		End
Value
VPMCX × 		$10,000.00
1986-05-15 		$423,590.78
2026-06-09
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Annual Returns

Year VPMCX
2026 (YTD) +18.91%
2025 +26.22%
2024 +10.06%
2023 +24.01%
2022 −20.36%
2021 +13.64%
2020 +15.58%
2019 +24.93%
2018 −3.83%
2017 +26.89%
2016 +8.41%
2015 +1.93%
2014 +17.85%
2013 +37.64%
2012 +13.33%
2011 −4.65%
2010 +11.27%
2009 +30.86%
2008 −32.15%
2007 +6.98%
2006 +9.56%
2005 +4.92%
2004 +14.58%
2003 +35.22%
2002 −26.31%
2001 −14.65%
2000 +1.43%
1999 +38.38%
1998 +23.56%
1997 +34.52%
1996 +14.55%
1995 +32.13%
1994 +8.53%
1993 +14.39%
1992 +3.19%
1991 +23.29%
1990 −9.26%
1989 +10.81%
1988 +7.41%
1987 −8.61%
1986 +2.76%

Drawdowns

Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VPMCX × 		−2.40%
from 2026-06-03 peak 		−83.53%
1987-12-04
from 1987-09-07 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-06-09 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VPMCX × 		+46.73% +51.05%
+22.90%/yr 		+84.77%
+22.71%/yr 		+64.72%
+10.50%/yr 		+259.16%
+13.64%/yr
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