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 −0.33% over the past year and −1.80% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 26, 1979, VWSTX is up +16.11% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.32%/yr, and is currently −18.48% below its real total-return high on Jan. 15, 2009.
Data ending Wed Jul. 15, 2026
| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWSTX × |
−1.80%
2026-07-15 |
−0.33%
2026-07-15 |
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| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWSTX × |
+16.11%
+0.32%/yr |
+0.53%/yr
(R2=0.370) |
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| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWSTX × |
$10,000.00
1979-12-26 |
$11,610.64
2026-07-15 |
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| Year | VWSTX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −1.80% |
| 2025 | +1.25% |
| 2024 | +0.24% |
| 2023 | +0.50% |
| 2022 | −6.84% |
| 2021 | −6.41% |
| 2020 | +0.45% |
| 2019 | +0.10% |
| 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 | +6.18% |
| 1985 | +3.08% |
| 1984 | +2.79% |
| 1983 | +1.26% |
| 1982 | +6.14% |
| 1981 | −0.53% |
| 1980 | −6.40% |
| 1979 | −0.17% |
| Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWSTX × |
−18.48%
from 2009-01-15 peak |
−20.62%
2023-09-28 from 2009-01-15 peak |
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| Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Wed 2026-07-15 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWSTX × | −0.33% |
+0.72% +0.36%/yr |
+1.60% +0.53%/yr |
−8.89% −1.85%/yr |
−13.88% −1.48%/yr |
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| Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
