All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VSCGX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VSCGX returned +5.28% over the past year and +0.56% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 12, 1994, VSCGX is up +276.95% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.29%/yr, and is currently −1.83% below its real total-return high on Jul. 6, 2026.
Data ending Thu Jul. 23, 2026
| Mon 1994-12-12💬 to Thu 2026-07-23 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VSCGX × |
+276.95%
+4.29%/yr |
+3.35%/yr
R2=0.912 |
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| Vanguard Lifestrategy Conservative Growth Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Mon 1994-12-12💬 to Thu 2026-07-23 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| VSCGX × |
$10,000.00
1994-12-12 |
$37,695.12
2026-07-23 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| VSCGX × | +0.56% | +5.28% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| VSCGX × |
−1.83%
on 2026-07-23 from 2026-07-06 peak |
−31.76%
on 2009-03-09 from 2007-10-31 peak |
| Period ending Thu 2026-07-23 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VSCGX × | +5.28% |
+12.55% +6.09%/yr |
+19.80% +6.21%/yr |
−0.84% −0.17%/yr |
+27.60% +2.47%/yr |
| Year | VSCGX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +0.56% |
| 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 | +14.62% |
| 1996 | +6.82% |
| 1995 | +20.84% |
| 1994 | +2.86% |
