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

Total Real Returns

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

VPU real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VPU returned +10.86% over the past year and +4.23% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VPU is up +355.73% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.00%/yr, and is currently −5.54% below its real total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.

Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VPU × 		+4.23%
2026-07-02 		+10.86%
2026-07-02
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Returns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VPU × 		+355.73%
+7.00%/yr 		+6.69%/yr
(R2=0.924)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
VPU × 		$10,000.00
2004-01-30 		$45,572.53
2026-07-02
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Annual Returns

Year VPU
2026 (YTD) +4.23%
2025 +13.43%
2024 +19.60%
2023 −10.44%
2022 −5.08%
2021 +9.68%
2020 −2.07%
2019 +22.10%
2018 +2.43%
2017 +10.12%
2016 +15.19%
2015 −5.50%
2014 +26.05%
2013 +13.20%
2012 +0.11%
2011 +15.55%
2010 +5.48%
2009 +8.36%
2008 −28.01%
2007 +12.39%
2006 +18.67%
2005 +10.76%
2004 +17.35%

Drawdowns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VPU × 		−5.54%
from 2026-02-27 peak 		−46.87%
2009-03-09
from 2007-12-10 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VPU × 		+10.86% +32.51%
+15.11%/yr 		+38.17%
+11.38%/yr 		+32.47%
+5.78%/yr 		+68.93%
+5.38%/yr
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