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

Total Real Returns

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

VWNEX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VWNEX returned +13.16% over the past year and +7.38% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 12, 2001, VWNEX is up +329.87% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.03%/yr, and is currently −5.52% below its real total-return high on Aug. 14, 2026.

Data ending Fri Oct. 2, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2001-11-12💬 to Fri 2026-10-02 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VWNEX
×
+329.87%
+6.03%/yr
+6.49%/yr
R2=0.866
Vanguard Windsor Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2001-11-12💬 to Fri 2026-10-02 Start
Value
End
Value
VWNEX
×
$10,000.00
2001-11-12
$42,987.40
2026-10-02

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-02

  YTD YoY
VWNEX
×
+7.38% +13.16%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VWNEX
×
−5.52%
on 2026-10-02
from 2026-08-14 peak
−62.12%
on 2009-03-05
from 2007-07-19 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-02 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VWNEX
×
+13.16% +17.14%
+8.23%/yr
+42.35%
+12.49%/yr
+34.62%
+6.13%/yr
+121.82%
+8.29%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VWNEX
2026 (YTD) +7.38%
2025 +10.47%
2024 +6.57%
2023 +11.38%
2022 −8.94%
2021 +19.51%
2020 +6.00%
2019 +27.61%
2018 −14.02%
2017 +16.76%
2016 +10.35%
2015 −3.85%
2014 +11.20%
2013 +34.23%
2012 +18.87%
2011 −6.71%
2010 +13.21%
2009 +31.36%
2008 −41.10%
2007 −7.19%
2006 +16.56%
2005 +1.62%
2004 +10.71%
2003 +34.58%
2002 −23.98%
2001 +7.88%