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Total Real Returns

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

VTSMX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VTSMX returned +21.02% over the past year and +5.36% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 28, 1992, VTSMX is up +1,276.39% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.99%/yr, and is currently −2.96% below its real total-return high on Jun. 2, 2026.

Tue 1992-04-28💬 to Fri 2026-06-05 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VTSMX × 		+5.36%
2026-06-05 		+21.02%
2026-06-05
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Returns

Tue 1992-04-28💬 to Fri 2026-06-05 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VTSMX × 		+1,276.39%
+7.99%/yr 		+6.52%/yr
(R2=0.886)
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Growth of $10,000

Tue 1992-04-28💬 to Fri 2026-06-05 Start
Value 		End
Value
VTSMX × 		$10,000.00
1992-04-28 		$137,639.30
2026-06-05
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Annual Returns

Year VTSMX
2026 (YTD) +5.36%
2025 +13.96%
2024 +20.14%
2023 +21.79%
2022 −24.48%
2021 +17.34%
2020 +19.24%
2019 +27.72%
2018 −7.04%
2017 +18.54%
2016 +10.26%
2015 −0.45%
2014 +11.58%
2013 +31.37%
2012 +14.27%
2011 −1.95%
2010 +15.36%
2009 +25.27%
2008 −37.10%
2007 +1.34%
2006 +12.67%
2005 +2.46%
2004 +9.67%
2003 +29.47%
2002 −22.80%
2001 −12.33%
2000 −13.52%
1999 +20.59%
1998 +21.32%
1997 +28.77%
1996 +16.86%
1995 +31.62%
1994 −3.03%
1993 +8.32%
1992 +8.64%

Drawdowns

Tue 1992-04-28💬 to Fri 2026-06-05 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VTSMX × 		−2.96%
from 2026-06-02 peak 		−56.70%
2009-03-09
from 2000-03-23 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-06-05 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VTSMX × 		+21.02% +32.53%
+15.13%/yr 		+61.82%
+17.40%/yr 		+42.55%
+7.35%/yr 		+182.45%
+10.94%/yr
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