All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

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

VWIUX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VWIUX returned +1.25% over the past year and −2.43% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Feb. 20, 2001, VWIUX is up +17.10% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.62%/yr, and is currently −16.35% below its real total-return high on Feb. 10, 2021.

Data ending Fri Aug. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2001-02-20💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VWIUX
×
+17.10%
+0.62%/yr
+1.13%/yr
R2=0.588
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2001-02-20💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Start
Value
End
Value
VWIUX
×
$10,000.00
2001-02-20
$11,709.84
2026-08-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-14

  YTD YoY
VWIUX
×
−2.43% +1.25%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VWIUX
×
−16.35%
on 2026-08-14
from 2021-02-10 peak
−21.72%
on 2023-10-30
from 2021-02-10 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VWIUX
×
+1.25% −0.19%
−0.10%/yr
+2.52%
+0.83%/yr
−13.22%
−2.80%/yr
−10.82%
−1.14%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VWIUX
2026 (YTD) −2.43%
2025 +2.39%
2024 −1.06%
2023 +2.48%
2022 −12.50%
2021 −5.46%
2020 +3.82%
2019 +4.50%
2018 −0.55%
2017 +2.49%
2016 −1.83%
2015 +2.21%
2014 +6.54%
2013 −2.93%
2012 +3.98%
2011 +6.57%
2010 +0.41%
2009 +7.40%
2008 −0.13%
2007 −0.55%
2006 +1.97%
2005 −1.06%
2004 +0.04%
2003 +1.91%
2002 +0.84%
2001 −1.08%