All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VWESX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VWESX returned +1.27% over the past year and −2.79% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 26, 1979, VWESX is up +624.26% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.35%/yr, and is currently −36.87% below its real total-return high on Aug. 6, 2020.
Data ending Fri Jun. 12, 2026
| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWESX × |
−2.79%
2026-06-12 |
+1.27%
2026-06-12 |
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| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWESX × |
+624.26%
+4.35%/yr |
+5.25%/yr
(R2=0.937) |
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| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWESX × |
$10,000.00
1979-12-26 |
$72,425.73
2026-06-12 |
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| Year | VWESX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −2.79% |
| 2025 | +4.43% |
| 2024 | −5.48% |
| 2023 | +5.76% |
| 2022 | −30.13% |
| 2021 | −8.79% |
| 2020 | +13.84% |
| 2019 | +17.77% |
| 2018 | −7.69% |
| 2017 | +9.68% |
| 2016 | +5.66% |
| 2015 | −2.87% |
| 2014 | +17.32% |
| 2013 | −7.22% |
| 2012 | +9.77% |
| 2011 | +13.86% |
| 2010 | +9.16% |
| 2009 | +5.92% |
| 2008 | +2.23% |
| 2007 | −0.30% |
| 2006 | +0.38% |
| 2005 | +1.69% |
| 2004 | +5.56% |
| 2003 | +4.35% |
| 2002 | +10.66% |
| 2001 | +7.93% |
| 2000 | +8.16% |
| 1999 | −6.84% |
| 1998 | +8.53% |
| 1997 | +11.93% |
| 1996 | −2.03% |
| 1995 | +23.35% |
| 1994 | −5.36% |
| 1993 | +11.46% |
| 1992 | +7.86% |
| 1991 | +17.41% |
| 1990 | +0.11% |
| 1989 | +10.18% |
| 1988 | +5.18% |
| 1987 | −5.31% |
| 1986 | +13.07% |
| 1985 | +17.68% |
| 1984 | +9.88% |
| 1983 | +2.83% |
| 1982 | +23.88% |
| 1981 | +0.06% |
| 1980 | −7.08% |
| 1979 | −0.67% |
| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWESX × |
−36.87%
from 2020-08-06 peak |
−45.10%
2023-10-19 from 2020-08-06 peak |
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| Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-06-12 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWESX × | +1.27% |
+0.70% +0.35%/yr |
+0.60% +0.20%/yr |
−29.47% −6.74%/yr |
−15.37% −1.66%/yr |
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