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 +10.19% over the past year and +1.18% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 12, 1994, VSCGX is up +279.29% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.33%/yr, and is currently āˆ’1.18% below its real total-return high on Feb. 25, 2026.

Mon 1994-12-12? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VSCGX
×
+1.18%
2026-05-22
+10.19%
2026-05-22
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Returns

Mon 1994-12-12? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VSCGX
×
+279.29%
+4.33%/yr
+3.36%/yr
(R2=0.911)
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Growth of $10,000

Mon 1994-12-12? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value
End
Value
VSCGX
×
$10,000.00
1994-12-12
$37,929.05
2026-05-22
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Annual Returns

Year VSCGX
2026 (YTD) +1.18%
2025 +9.93%
2024 +4.51%
2023 +8.85%
2022 āˆ’20.17%
2021 āˆ’0.93%
2020 +10.01%
2019 +13.11%
2018 āˆ’4.77%
2017 +8.69%
2016 +3.76%
2015 āˆ’0.90%
2014 +6.16%
2013 +7.47%
2012 +7.32%
2011 āˆ’1.16%
2010 +9.50%
2009 +13.98%
2008 āˆ’19.59%
2007 +2.77%
2006 +7.90%
2005 +0.99%
2004 +5.98%
2003 +14.42%
2002 āˆ’7.57%
2001 āˆ’1.53%
2000 āˆ’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 Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VSCGX
×
āˆ’1.18%
from 2026-02-25 peak
āˆ’31.76%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-31 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VSCGX
×
+10.19% +15.60%
+7.52%/yr
+23.37%
+7.25%/yr
+0.99%
+0.20%/yr
+32.57%
+2.86%/yr
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