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

Total Real Returns

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

VYM real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VYM returned +21.08% over the past year and +7.71% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 16, 2006, VYM is up +243.42% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.52%/yr, and is currently āˆ’0.68% below its real total-return high on Feb. 11, 2026.

Thu 2006-11-16šŸ’¬ to Wed 2026-05-27 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VYM × 		+7.71%
2026-05-27 		+21.08%
2026-05-27
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Returns

Thu 2006-11-16šŸ’¬ to Wed 2026-05-27 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VYM × 		+243.42%
+6.52%/yr 		+8.04%/yr
(R2=0.907)
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Growth of $10,000

Thu 2006-11-16šŸ’¬ to Wed 2026-05-27 Start
Value 		End
Value
VYM × 		$10,000.00
2006-11-16 		$34,341.59
2026-05-27
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Annual Returns

Year VYM
2026 (YTD) +7.71%
2025 +12.42%
2024 +14.30%
2023 +3.14%
2022 āˆ’6.49%
2021 +17.90%
2020 āˆ’0.21%
2019 +21.29%
2018 āˆ’7.68%
2017 +14.01%
2016 +14.66%
2015 āˆ’0.45%
2014 +12.69%
2013 +28.15%
2012 +10.77%
2011 +7.36%
2010 +12.54%
2009 +14.08%
2008 āˆ’31.98%
2007 āˆ’2.62%
2006 +2.75%

Drawdowns

Thu 2006-11-16šŸ’¬ to Wed 2026-05-27 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VYM × 		āˆ’0.68%
from 2026-02-11 peak 		āˆ’57.72%
2009-03-05
from 2007-10-09 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-05-27 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VYM × 		+21.08% +31.71%
+14.71%/yr 		+53.43%
+15.32%/yr 		+38.48%
+6.73%/yr 		+119.22%
+8.17%/yr
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