All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VUG real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VUG returned +13.02% over the past year and +1.55% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VUG is up +633.78% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.30%/yr, and is currently −5.52% below its real total-return high on Jun. 1, 2026.
Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026
| Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VUG × |
+1.55%
2026-07-02 |
+13.02%
2026-07-02 |
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| Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VUG × |
+633.78%
+9.30%/yr |
+10.33%/yr
(R2=0.920) |
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| Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VUG × |
$10,000.00
2004-01-30 |
$73,378.26
2026-07-02 |
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| Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | VUG |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +1.55% |
| 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 | +30.51% |
| 2012 | +15.02% |
| 2011 | −1.12% |
| 2010 | +15.49% |
| 2009 | +35.30% |
| 2008 | −38.08% |
| 2007 | +8.09% |
| 2006 | +6.51% |
| 2005 | +1.54% |
| 2004 | +2.16% |
| Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VUG × |
−5.52%
from 2026-06-01 peak |
−51.47%
2009-03-09 from 2007-10-31 peak |
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| Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VUG × | +13.02% |
+27.31% +12.83%/yr |
+66.97% +18.64%/yr |
+46.66% +7.96%/yr |
+270.55% +13.99%/yr |
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| Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
