All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VSMAX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VSMAX returned +24.68% over the past year and +11.40% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 13, 2000, VSMAX is up +463.93% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.99%/yr, and is currently −0.61% below its real total-return high on Jun. 15, 2026.
Data ending Thu Jun. 18, 2026
| Mon 2000-11-13💬 to Thu 2026-06-18 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VSMAX × |
+11.40%
2026-06-18 |
+24.68%
2026-06-18 |
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| Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Mon 2000-11-13💬 to Thu 2026-06-18 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VSMAX × |
+463.93%
+6.99%/yr |
+7.41%/yr
(R2=0.917) |
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| Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Mon 2000-11-13💬 to Thu 2026-06-18 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VSMAX × |
$10,000.00
2000-11-13 |
$56,393.17
2026-06-18 |
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| Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Year | VSMAX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +11.40% |
| 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% |
| Mon 2000-11-13💬 to Thu 2026-06-18 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VSMAX × |
−0.61%
from 2026-06-15 peak |
−60.44%
2009-03-09 from 2007-07-13 peak |
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| Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-06-18 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VSMAX × | +24.68% |
+30.84% +14.39%/yr |
+42.67% +12.58%/yr |
+17.71% +3.31%/yr |
+114.61% +7.94%/yr |
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| Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||