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

Total Real Returns

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

VTIVX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VTIVX returned +8.80% over the past year and +6.64% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 27, 2003, VTIVX is up +367.85% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.95%/yr, and is currently −2.73% below its real total-return high on Aug. 13, 2026.

Data ending Thu Oct. 8, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2003-10-27💬 to Thu 2026-10-08 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VTIVX
×
+367.85%
+6.95%/yr
+6.67%/yr
R2=0.910
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2003-10-27💬 to Thu 2026-10-08 Start
Value
End
Value
VTIVX
×
$10,000.00
2003-10-27
$46,785.46
2026-10-08

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-08

  YTD YoY
VTIVX
×
+6.64% +8.80%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VTIVX
×
−2.73%
on 2026-10-08
from 2026-08-13 peak
−52.54%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-10-09 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-10-08 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VTIVX
×
+8.80% +23.66%
+11.20%/yr
+53.60%
+15.38%/yr
+47.82%
+8.13%/yr
+141.47%
+9.22%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VTIVX
2026 (YTD) +6.64%
2025 +16.88%
2024 +10.76%
2023 +15.63%
2022 −21.91%
2021 +24.99%
2020 +15.09%
2019 +22.15%
2018 −9.50%
2017 +18.97%
2016 +7.17%
2015 −1.16%
2014 +6.37%
2013 +22.54%
2012 +13.63%
2011 −5.27%
2010 +14.37%
2009 +24.75%
2008 −34.57%
2007 +3.22%
2006 +13.21%
2005 +3.40%
2004 +9.33%
2003 +8.24%