All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VWEHX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VWEHX returned +1.34% over the past year and −2.41% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 26, 1979, VWEHX is up +639.95% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.39%/yr, and is currently −3.99% below its real total-return high on Feb. 9, 2021.
Data ending Wed Jul. 8, 2026
| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Wed 2026-07-08 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWEHX × |
−2.41%
2026-07-08 |
+1.34%
2026-07-08 |
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| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Wed 2026-07-08 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWEHX × |
+639.95%
+4.39%/yr |
+4.61%/yr
(R2=0.947) |
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| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Wed 2026-07-08 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWEHX × |
$10,000.00
1979-12-26 |
$73,994.69
2026-07-08 |
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| Year | VWEHX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −2.41% |
| 2025 | +6.53% |
| 2024 | +3.37% |
| 2023 | +8.04% |
| 2022 | −14.57% |
| 2021 | −3.10% |
| 2020 | +3.89% |
| 2019 | +13.24% |
| 2018 | −4.75% |
| 2017 | +4.86% |
| 2016 | +8.98% |
| 2015 | −2.10% |
| 2014 | +3.83% |
| 2013 | +3.02% |
| 2012 | +12.44% |
| 2011 | +4.13% |
| 2010 | +10.12% |
| 2009 | +35.49% |
| 2008 | −21.31% |
| 2007 | −1.91% |
| 2006 | +5.63% |
| 2005 | −0.62% |
| 2004 | +5.14% |
| 2003 | +13.59% |
| 2002 | −0.28% |
| 2001 | +1.41% |
| 2000 | −4.07% |
| 1999 | +0.27% |
| 1998 | +4.03% |
| 1997 | +10.11% |
| 1996 | +6.11% |
| 1995 | +16.29% |
| 1994 | −4.20% |
| 1993 | +15.16% |
| 1992 | +11.13% |
| 1991 | +25.56% |
| 1990 | −11.28% |
| 1989 | −2.51% |
| 1988 | +8.90% |
| 1987 | −2.81% |
| 1986 | +15.72% |
| 1985 | +17.54% |
| 1984 | +3.41% |
| 1983 | +11.51% |
| 1982 | +22.55% |
| 1981 | +0.45% |
| 1980 | −8.08% |
| 1979 | −1.24% |
| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Wed 2026-07-08 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWEHX × |
−3.99%
from 2021-02-09 peak |
−32.04%
2008-11-24 from 2007-02-28 peak |
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| Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Wed 2026-07-08 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWEHX × | +1.34% |
+7.35% +3.61%/yr |
+15.54% +4.93%/yr |
−2.04% −0.41%/yr |
+17.07% +1.59%/yr |
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