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

Total Real Returns

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

VWEHX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VWEHX returned +1.71% over the past year and −1.46% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 26, 1979, VWEHX is up +647.13% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.41%/yr, and is currently −3.06% below its real total-return high on Feb. 9, 2021.

Data ending Wed Aug. 19, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Wed 2026-08-19 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VWEHX × 		+647.13%
+4.41%/yr 		+4.60%/yr
R2=0.947
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Wed 2026-08-19 Start
Value 		End
Value
VWEHX × 		$10,000.00
1979-12-26 		$74,712.89
2026-08-19

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-19

  YTD YoY
VWEHX × 		−1.46% +1.71%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VWEHX × 		−3.06%
on 2026-08-19
from 2021-02-09 peak 		−32.04%
on 2008-11-24
from 2007-02-28 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-08-19 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VWEHX × 		+1.71% +6.60%
+3.25%/yr 		+16.56%
+5.24%/yr 		−0.63%
−0.13%/yr 		+15.80%
+1.48%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VWEHX
2026 (YTD) −1.46%
2025 +6.53%
2024 +3.37%
2023 +8.04%
2022 −14.57%
2021 −3.10%
2020 +3.89%
2019 +13.24%
2018 −4.76%
2017 +4.86%
2016 +8.98%
2015 −2.09%
2014 +3.83%
2013 +3.02%
2012 +12.44%
2011 +4.13%
2010 +10.11%
2009 +35.49%
2008 −21.31%
2007 −1.91%
2006 +5.62%
2005 −0.62%
2004 +5.14%
2003 +13.59%
2002 −0.28%
2001 +1.41%
2000 −4.08%
1999 +0.27%
1998 +4.04%
1997 +10.10%
1996 +6.12%
1995 +16.29%
1994 −4.21%
1993 +15.16%
1992 +11.14%
1991 +25.57%
1990 −11.29%
1989 −2.52%
1988 +8.90%
1987 −2.82%
1986 +15.76%
1985 +17.53%
1984 +3.42%
1983 +11.51%
1982 +22.54%
1981 +0.50%
1980 −8.12%
1979 −1.24%