All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VTEB real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VTEB returned +2.95% over the past year and −1.71% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 25, 2015, VTEB is down −7.83% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.75%/yr, and is currently −18.07% below its real total-return high on Feb. 10, 2021.
| Tue 2015-08-25💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTEB × |
−1.71%
2026-06-08 |
+2.95%
2026-06-08 |
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| Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 2015-08-25💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTEB × |
−7.83%
−0.75%/yr |
−1.49%/yr
(R2=0.433) |
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| Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 2015-08-25💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTEB × |
$10,000.00
2015-08-25 |
$9,217.00
2026-06-08 |
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| Year | VTEB |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −1.71% |
| 2025 | +1.02% |
| 2024 | −1.53% |
| 2023 | +2.71% |
| 2022 | −13.58% |
| 2021 | −5.51% |
| 2020 | +3.78% |
| 2019 | +4.95% |
| 2018 | −0.84% |
| 2017 | +2.69% |
| 2016 | −1.85% |
| 2015 | +3.25% |
| Tue 2015-08-25💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTEB × |
−18.07%
from 2021-02-10 peak |
−23.09%
2023-10-25 from 2021-02-10 peak |
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| Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Mon 2026-06-08 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTEB × | +2.95% |
+1.05% +0.52%/yr |
+0.74% +0.25%/yr |
−15.76% −3.37%/yr |
−11.58% −1.22%/yr |
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| Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
