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

Total Real Returns

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

VSMAX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VSMAX returned +14.56% over the past year and +10.95% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 13, 2000, VSMAX is up +461.65% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.87%/yr, and is currently −5.14% below its real total-return high on Aug. 14, 2026.

Data ending Wed Nov. 4, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2000-11-13💬 to Wed 2026-11-04 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VSMAX
×
+461.65%
+6.87%/yr
+7.42%/yr
R2=0.921
Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2000-11-13💬 to Wed 2026-11-04 Start
Value
End
Value
VSMAX
×
$10,000.00
2000-11-13
$56,165.23
2026-11-04

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-11-04

  YTD YoY
VSMAX
×
+10.95% +14.56%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VSMAX
×
−5.14%
on 2026-11-04
from 2026-08-14 peak
−60.44%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-07-13 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-11-04 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VSMAX
×
+14.56% +19.75%
+9.43%/yr
+49.83%
+14.43%/yr
+10.19%
+1.96%/yr
+113.30%
+7.87%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VSMAX
2026 (YTD) +10.95%
2025 +6.00%
2024 +11.03%
2023 +14.34%
2022 −22.61%
2021 +10.00%
2020 +17.46%
2019 +24.52%
2018 −11.02%
2017 +13.83%
2016 +15.90%
2015 −4.34%
2014 +6.70%
2013 +35.79%
2012 +16.21%
2011 −5.49%
2010 +26.00%
2009 +32.73%
2008 −36.08%
2007 −2.74%
2006 +12.92%
2005 +3.93%
2004 +16.23%
2003 +43.07%
2002 −21.86%
2001 +1.65%
2000 +4.89%