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 +6.35% over the past year and +1.98% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 12, 1994, VSCGX is up +282.29% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.32%/yr, and is currently −1.22% below its real total-return high on Aug. 13, 2026.

Data ending Wed Sep. 2, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1994-12-12💬 to Wed 2026-09-02 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VSCGX
×
+282.29%
+4.32%/yr
+3.35%/yr
R2=0.913
Vanguard Lifestrategy Conservative Growth Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1994-12-12💬 to Wed 2026-09-02 Start
Value
End
Value
VSCGX
×
$10,000.00
1994-12-12
$38,228.76
2026-09-02

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-02

  YTD YoY
VSCGX
×
+1.98% +6.35%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VSCGX
×
−1.22%
on 2026-09-02
from 2026-08-13 peak
−31.76%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-10-31 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-09-02 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VSCGX
×
+6.35% +11.63%
+5.66%/yr
+23.51%
+7.29%/yr
−0.26%
−0.05%/yr
+28.25%
+2.52%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VSCGX
2026 (YTD) +1.98%
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%