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 โ0.64% over the past year and โ2.16% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 26, 1979, VWSTX is up +15.68% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.31%/yr, and is currently โ18.78% below its real total-return high on Jan. 15, 2009.
Data ending Mon Jul. 27, 2026
| Wed 1979-12-26๐ฌ to Mon 2026-07-27 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWSTX × |
+15.68%
+0.31%/yr |
+0.53%/yr
R2=0.368 |
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| Wed 1979-12-26๐ฌ to Mon 2026-07-27 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| VWSTX × |
$10,000.00
1979-12-26 |
$11,567.95
2026-07-27 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| VWSTX × | โ2.16% | โ0.64% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| VWSTX × |
โ18.78%
on 2026-07-27 from 2009-01-15 peak |
โ20.62%
on 2023-09-28 from 2009-01-15 peak |
| Period ending Mon 2026-07-27 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWSTX × | โ0.64% |
+0.32% +0.16%/yr |
+1.31% +0.43%/yr |
โ9.12% โ1.89%/yr |
โ14.31% โ1.53%/yr |
| Year | VWSTX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | โ2.16% |
| 2025 | +1.25% |
| 2024 | +0.24% |
| 2023 | +0.50% |
| 2022 | โ6.84% |
| 2021 | โ6.41% |
| 2020 | +0.45% |
| 2019 | +0.10% |
| 2018 | โ0.31% |
| 2017 | โ1.10% |
| 2016 | โ1.68% |
| 2015 | โ0.28% |
| 2014 | โ0.11% |
| 2013 | โ1.02% |
| 2012 | โ0.72% |
| 2011 | โ1.32% |
| 2010 | โ0.66% |
| 2009 | +0.35% |
| 2008 | +3.66% |
| 2007 | +0.12% |
| 2006 | +0.48% |
| 2005 | โ1.71% |
| 2004 | โ2.06% |
| 2003 | โ0.24% |
| 2002 | +1.19% |
| 2001 | +3.18% |
| 2000 | +1.49% |
| 1999 | โ0.34% |
| 1998 | +2.68% |
| 1997 | +2.36% |
| 1996 | +0.36% |
| 1995 | +3.37% |
| 1994 | โ1.00% |
| 1993 | +1.13% |
| 1992 | +1.81% |
| 1991 | +4.08% |
| 1990 | +0.53% |
| 1989 | +2.30% |
| 1988 | +1.18% |
| 1987 | โ0.97% |
| 1986 | +6.18% |
| 1985 | +3.08% |
| 1984 | +2.79% |
| 1983 | +1.26% |
| 1982 | +6.14% |
| 1981 | โ0.53% |
| 1980 | โ6.40% |
| 1979 | โ0.17% |