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 +18.73% over the past year and +4.99% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 27, 2003, VTIVX is up +360.61% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.00%/yr, and is currently āˆ’1.01% below its real total-return high on May 14, 2026.

Mon 2003-10-27? to Wed 2026-05-20 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VTIVX
×
+4.99%
2026-05-20
+18.73%
2026-05-20
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Returns

Mon 2003-10-27? to Wed 2026-05-20 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VTIVX
×
+360.61%
+7.00%/yr
+6.58%/yr
(R2=0.907)
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Growth of $10,000

Mon 2003-10-27? to Wed 2026-05-20 Start
Value
End
Value
VTIVX
×
$10,000.00
2003-10-27
$46,060.92
2026-05-20
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Annual Returns

Year VTIVX
2026 (YTD) +4.99%
2025 +16.88%
2024 +10.76%
2023 +15.63%
2022 āˆ’21.91%
2021 +24.99%
2020 +15.09%
2019 +22.15%
2018 āˆ’9.50%
2017 +18.97%
2016 +7.17%
2015 āˆ’1.16%
2014 +6.37%
2013 +22.54%
2012 +13.63%
2011 āˆ’5.27%
2010 +14.37%
2009 +24.75%
2008 āˆ’34.57%
2007 +3.22%
2006 +13.21%
2005 +3.40%
2004 +9.33%
2003 +8.24%

Drawdowns

Mon 2003-10-27? to Wed 2026-05-20 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VTIVX
×
āˆ’1.01%
from 2026-05-14 peak
āˆ’52.54%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-09 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-05-20 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VTIVX
×
+18.73% +28.78%
+13.49%/yr
+49.10%
+14.23%/yr
+45.68%
+7.82%/yr
+150.80%
+9.63%/yr
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