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 +0.20% over the past year and −2.08% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 26, 1979, VWEHX is up +642.49% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.39%/yr, and is currently −3.66% below its real total-return high on Feb. 9, 2021.

Data ending Thu Sep. 10, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Thu 2026-09-10 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VWEHX × 		+642.49%
+4.39%/yr 		+4.59%/yr
R2=0.947
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Thu 2026-09-10 Start
Value 		End
Value
VWEHX × 		$10,000.00
1979-12-26 		$74,248.68
2026-09-10

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-10

  YTD YoY
VWEHX × 		−2.08% +0.20%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VWEHX × 		−3.66%
on 2026-09-10
from 2021-02-09 peak 		−32.04%
on 2008-11-24
from 2007-02-28 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-09-10 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VWEHX × 		+0.20% +4.91%
+2.42%/yr 		+14.88%
+4.73%/yr 		−2.08%
−0.42%/yr 		+14.88%
+1.40%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VWEHX
2026 (YTD) −2.08%
2025 +6.52%
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 −2.10%
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 +15.15%
1992 +11.15%
1991 +25.56%
1990 −11.28%
1989 −2.53%
1988 +8.91%
1987 −2.81%
1986 +15.74%
1985 +17.54%
1984 +3.42%
1983 +11.51%
1982 +22.52%
1981 +0.49%
1980 −8.10%
1979 −1.25%