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

Total Real Returns

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

VSCGX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VSCGX returned +7.86% over the past year and +0.50% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 12, 1994, VSCGX is up +276.72% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.30%/yr, and is currently −1.85% below its real total-return high on Feb. 25, 2026.

Data ending Tue Jun. 9, 2026

Mon 1994-12-12💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VSCGX
×
+0.50%
2026-06-09
+7.86%
2026-06-09
Vanguard Lifestrategy Conservative Growth Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund

Returns

Mon 1994-12-12💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VSCGX
×
+276.72%
+4.30%/yr
+3.36%/yr
(R2=0.912)
Vanguard Lifestrategy Conservative Growth Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1994-12-12💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 Start
Value
End
Value
VSCGX
×
$10,000.00
1994-12-12
$37,672.35
2026-06-09
Vanguard Lifestrategy Conservative Growth Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund

Annual Returns

Year VSCGX
2026 (YTD) +0.50%
2025 +9.93%
2024 +4.51%
2023 +8.85%
2022 −20.17%
2021 −0.93%
2020 +10.01%
2019 +13.11%
2018 −4.77%
2017 +8.69%
2016 +3.76%
2015 −0.90%
2014 +6.16%
2013 +7.47%
2012 +7.32%
2011 −1.16%
2010 +9.50%
2009 +13.98%
2008 −19.59%
2007 +2.77%
2006 +7.90%
2005 +0.99%
2004 +5.98%
2003 +14.42%
2002 −7.57%
2001 −1.53%
2000 −0.24%
1999 +5.13%
1998 +19.45%
1997 +14.61%
1996 +6.83%
1995 +20.84%
1994 +2.86%

Drawdowns

Mon 1994-12-12💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VSCGX
×
−1.85%
from 2026-02-25 peak
−31.76%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-31 peak
Vanguard Lifestrategy Conservative Growth Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-06-09 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VSCGX
×
+7.86% +14.77%
+7.13%/yr
+21.77%
+6.79%/yr
−0.57%
−0.12%/yr
+29.22%
+2.60%/yr
Vanguard Lifestrategy Conservative Growth Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund