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Total Real Returns

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

VWITX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VWITX returned +2.69% over the past year and −1.89% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 15, 1986, VWITX is up +125.74% in real purchasing-power return, or +2.05%/yr, and is currently −16.21% below its real total-return high on Feb. 10, 2021.

Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VWITX
×
−1.89%
2026-06-08
+2.69%
2026-06-08
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund

Returns

Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VWITX
×
+125.74%
+2.05%/yr
+2.24%/yr
(R2=0.864)
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000

Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 Start
Value
End
Value
VWITX
×
$10,000.00
1986-05-15
$22,573.65
2026-06-08
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund

Annual Returns

Year VWITX
2026 (YTD) −1.89%
2025 +2.31%
2024 −1.15%
2023 +2.39%
2022 −12.55%
2021 −5.54%
2020 +3.74%
2019 +4.42%
2018 −0.63%
2017 +2.39%
2016 −1.94%
2015 +2.13%
2014 +6.46%
2013 −3.01%
2012 +3.90%
2011 +6.49%
2010 +0.34%
2009 +7.30%
2008 −0.19%
2007 −0.62%
2006 +1.90%
2005 −1.14%
2004 +0.00%
2003 +2.53%
2002 +5.37%
2001 +3.49%
2000 +5.69%
1999 −2.82%
1998 +4.11%
1997 +5.32%
1996 +0.87%
1995 +12.30%
1994 −4.65%
1993 +8.61%
1992 +6.20%
1991 +8.87%
1990 +1.07%
1989 +5.17%
1988 +5.41%
1987 −3.39%
1986 +7.25%

Drawdowns

Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VWITX
×
−16.21%
from 2021-02-10 peak
−21.88%
2023-10-30
from 2021-02-10 peak
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-06-08 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VWITX
×
+2.69% +2.14%
+1.06%/yr
+2.34%
+0.77%/yr
−13.82%
−2.93%/yr
−10.11%
−1.06%/yr
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund