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 +12.51% over the past year and +9.85% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 14, 2000, VSMAX is up +444.22% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.78%/yr, and is currently −6.10% below its real total-return high on Aug. 14, 2026.

Data ending Thu Sep. 10, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2000-11-14💬 to Thu 2026-09-10 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VSMAX
×
+444.22%
+6.78%/yr
+7.42%/yr
R2=0.919
Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2000-11-14💬 to Thu 2026-09-10 Start
Value
End
Value
VSMAX
×
$10,000.00
2000-11-14
$54,421.60
2026-09-10

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-10

  YTD YoY
VSMAX
×
+9.85% +12.51%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VSMAX
×
−6.10%
on 2026-09-10
from 2026-08-14 peak
−60.44%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-07-13 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-09-10 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VSMAX
×
+12.51% +26.19%
+12.33%/yr
+41.92%
+12.38%/yr
+15.00%
+2.84%/yr
+101.81%
+7.27%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VSMAX
2026 (YTD) +9.85%
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 +2.65%