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

Total Real Returns

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

VUG real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VUG returned +24.30% over the past year and +4.64% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VUG is up +656.15% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.49%/yr, and is currently āˆ’1.15% below its real total-return high on May 14, 2026.

Fri 2004-01-30? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VUG × 		+4.64%
2026-05-22 		+24.30%
2026-05-22
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Returns

Fri 2004-01-30? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VUG × 		+656.15%
+9.49%/yr 		+10.30%/yr
(R2=0.919)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value 		End
Value
VUG × 		$10,000.00
2004-01-30 		$75,615.45
2026-05-22
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Annual Returns

Year VUG
2026 (YTD) +4.64%
2025 +16.29%
2024 +28.97%
2023 +42.08%
2022 āˆ’37.22%
2021 +18.97%
2020 +38.36%
2019 +33.97%
2018 āˆ’5.13%
2017 +25.08%
2016 +4.12%
2015 +2.49%
2014 +12.76%
2013 +30.52%
2012 +15.02%
2011 āˆ’1.11%
2010 +15.49%
2009 +35.30%
2008 āˆ’38.08%
2007 +8.09%
2006 +6.51%
2005 +1.54%
2004 +2.16%

Drawdowns

Fri 2004-01-30? to Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VUG × 		āˆ’1.15%
from 2026-05-14 peak 		āˆ’51.47%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-31 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VUG × 		+24.30% +41.24%
+18.86%/yr 		+85.77%
+22.92%/yr 		+63.78%
+10.37%/yr 		+288.36%
+14.52%/yr
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