All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VWSTX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VWSTX returned −0.79% over the past year and −1.77% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 15, 1986, VWSTX is up +5.69% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.14%/yr, and is currently −18.46% below its real total-return high on Jan. 15, 2009.
Data ending Fri Sep. 4, 2026
| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Fri 2026-09-04 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWSTX × |
+5.69%
+0.14%/yr |
+0.18%/yr
R2=0.077 |
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| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Fri 2026-09-04 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| VWSTX × |
$10,000.00
1986-05-15 |
$10,569.17
2026-09-04 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| VWSTX × | −1.77% | −0.79% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| VWSTX × |
−18.46%
on 2026-09-04 from 2009-01-15 peak |
−20.62%
on 2023-09-28 from 2009-01-15 peak |
| Period ending Fri 2026-09-04 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWSTX × | −0.79% |
−0.08% −0.04%/yr |
+1.91% +0.63%/yr |
−8.45% −1.75%/yr |
−13.91% −1.49%/yr |
| Year | VWSTX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −1.77% |
| 2025 | +1.25% |
| 2024 | +0.24% |
| 2023 | +0.50% |
| 2022 | −6.84% |
| 2021 | −6.41% |
| 2020 | +0.46% |
| 2019 | +0.09% |
| 2018 | −0.31% |
| 2017 | −1.10% |
| 2016 | −1.68% |
| 2015 | −0.28% |
| 2014 | −0.11% |
| 2013 | −1.02% |
| 2012 | −0.72% |
| 2011 | −1.32% |
| 2010 | −0.66% |
| 2009 | +0.35% |
| 2008 | +3.66% |
| 2007 | +0.12% |
| 2006 | +0.48% |
| 2005 | −1.71% |
| 2004 | −2.06% |
| 2003 | −0.24% |
| 2002 | +1.19% |
| 2001 | +3.18% |
| 2000 | +1.49% |
| 1999 | −0.34% |
| 1998 | +2.68% |
| 1997 | +2.36% |
| 1996 | +0.36% |
| 1995 | +3.37% |
| 1994 | −1.00% |
| 1993 | +1.13% |
| 1992 | +1.81% |
| 1991 | +4.08% |
| 1990 | +0.53% |
| 1989 | +2.30% |
| 1988 | +1.18% |
| 1987 | −0.97% |
| 1986 | +2.27% |
