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 +17.76% over the past year and +1.73% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VUG is up +635.13% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.32%/yr, and is currently −5.35% below its real total-return high on Jun. 1, 2026.

Data ending Wed Jun. 17, 2026

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VUG × 		+1.73%
2026-06-17 		+17.76%
2026-06-17
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Returns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VUG × 		+635.13%
+9.32%/yr 		+10.32%/yr
(R2=0.919)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 Start
Value 		End
Value
VUG × 		$10,000.00
2004-01-30 		$73,513.05
2026-06-17
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Annual Returns

Year VUG
2026 (YTD) +1.73%
2025 +16.29%
2024 +28.97%
2023 +42.08%
2022 −37.22%
2021 +18.97%
2020 +38.36%
2019 +33.97%
2018 −5.13%
2017 +25.08%
2016 +4.12%
2015 +2.49%
2014 +12.76%
2013 +30.52%
2012 +15.02%
2011 −1.11%
2010 +15.49%
2009 +35.30%
2008 −38.08%
2007 +8.09%
2006 +6.51%
2005 +1.54%
2004 +2.16%

Drawdowns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VUG × 		−5.35%
from 2026-06-01 peak 		−51.47%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-31 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-06-17 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VUG × 		+17.76% +29.17%
+13.65%/yr 		+69.10%
+19.14%/yr 		+52.50%
+8.81%/yr 		+275.78%
+14.15%/yr
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