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 −0.20% over the past year and −2.97% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 26, 1979, VWESX is up +622.83% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.34%/yr, and is currently −36.99% below its real total-return high on Aug. 6, 2020.
Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026
| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWESX × |
−2.97%
2026-07-02 |
−0.20%
2026-07-02 |
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| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWESX × |
+622.83%
+4.34%/yr |
+5.24%/yr
(R2=0.936) |
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| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWESX × |
$10,000.00
1979-12-26 |
$72,282.72
2026-07-02 |
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| Year | VWESX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −2.97% |
| 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 | +9.15% |
| 2009 | +5.92% |
| 2008 | +2.24% |
| 2007 | −0.30% |
| 2006 | +0.38% |
| 2005 | +1.69% |
| 2004 | +5.56% |
| 2003 | +4.35% |
| 2002 | +10.66% |
| 2001 | +7.93% |
| 2000 | +8.15% |
| 1999 | −6.83% |
| 1998 | +8.53% |
| 1997 | +11.93% |
| 1996 | −2.04% |
| 1995 | +23.35% |
| 1994 | −5.35% |
| 1993 | +11.46% |
| 1992 | +7.87% |
| 1991 | +17.41% |
| 1990 | +0.11% |
| 1989 | +10.16% |
| 1988 | +5.19% |
| 1987 | −5.32% |
| 1986 | +13.07% |
| 1985 | +17.68% |
| 1984 | +9.86% |
| 1983 | +2.86% |
| 1982 | +23.90% |
| 1981 | +0.06% |
| 1980 | −7.10% |
| 1979 | −0.67% |
| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWESX × |
−36.99%
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 Thu 2026-07-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWESX × | −0.20% |
+1.95% +0.97%/yr |
−0.80% −0.27%/yr |
−30.42% −7.00%/yr |
−17.54% −1.91%/yr |
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