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

Total Real Returns

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

VSS real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VSS returned +9.40% over the past year and +6.07% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 6, 2009, VSS is up +206.39% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.63%/yr, and is currently −4.22% below its real total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.

Data ending Mon Sep. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2009-04-06💬 to Mon 2026-09-14 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VSS
×
+206.39%
+6.63%/yr
+3.16%/yr
R2=0.641
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2009-04-06💬 to Mon 2026-09-14 Start
Value
End
Value
VSS
×
$10,000.00
2009-04-06
$30,639.29
2026-09-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-14

  YTD YoY
VSS
×
+6.07% +9.40%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VSS
×
−4.22%
on 2026-09-14
from 2026-02-27 peak
−45.83%
on 2020-03-23
from 2018-01-26 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-09-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VSS
×
+9.40% +28.64%
+13.42%/yr
+42.56%
+12.55%/yr
+6.12%
+1.20%/yr
+54.56%
+4.45%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VSS
2026 (YTD) +6.07%
2025 +26.24%
2024 +0.05%
2023 +11.82%
2022 −26.25%
2021 +5.61%
2020 +10.31%
2019 +18.66%
2018 −20.00%
2017 +27.91%
2016 +2.13%
2015 −0.73%
2014 −5.77%
2013 +14.86%
2012 +18.69%
2011 −21.94%
2010 +23.76%
2009 +55.82%