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 +14.30% over the past year and +4.85% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 6, 2009, VSS is up +202.84% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.64%/yr, and is currently āˆ’5.33% below its real total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.

Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026

Mon 2009-04-06šŸ’¬ to Thu 2026-07-02 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VSS × 		+4.85%
2026-07-02 		+14.30%
2026-07-02
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Returns

Mon 2009-04-06šŸ’¬ to Thu 2026-07-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VSS × 		+202.84%
+6.64%/yr 		+3.11%/yr
(R2=0.629)
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Growth of $10,000

Mon 2009-04-06šŸ’¬ to Thu 2026-07-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
VSS × 		$10,000.00
2009-04-06 		$30,284.28
2026-07-02
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Annual Returns

Year VSS
2026 (YTD) +4.85%
2025 +26.24%
2024 +0.05%
2023 +11.82%
2022 āˆ’26.25%
2021 +5.61%
2020 +10.31%
2019 +18.66%
2018 āˆ’20.00%
2017 +27.91%
2016 +2.13%
2015 āˆ’0.73%
2014 āˆ’5.77%
2013 +14.86%
2012 +18.69%
2011 āˆ’21.94%
2010 +23.76%
2009 +55.82%

Drawdowns

Mon 2009-04-06šŸ’¬ to Thu 2026-07-02 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VSS × 		āˆ’5.33%
from 2026-02-27 peak 		āˆ’45.83%
2020-03-23
from 2018-01-26 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VSS × 		+14.30% +31.62%
+14.73%/yr 		+40.37%
+11.97%/yr 		+6.20%
+1.21%/yr 		+57.71%
+4.66%/yr
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