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)

Thu 2006-11-16? to Thu 2026-03-12 YTD
Return
TRR
Price
VYM
×
+2.68%
2026-03-12
3.274 TRR
2026-03-12
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Thu 2006-11-16? to Thu 2026-03-12 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VYM
×
+227.40%
+6.33%/yr
+8.03%/yr
(R2=0.904)
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Thu 2006-11-16? to Thu 2026-03-12 Start
Value
End
Value
VYM
×
$10,000.00
2006-11-16
$32,740.48
2026-03-12
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year VYM
2026 (YTD) +2.68%
2025 +12.43%
2024 +14.30%
2023 +3.14%
2022 −6.50%
2021 +17.90%
2020 −0.21%
2019 +21.29%
2018 −7.67%
2017 +14.00%
2016 +14.66%
2015 −0.44%
2014 +12.68%
2013 +28.17%
2012 +10.77%
2011 +7.36%
2010 +12.53%
2009 +14.10%
2008 −31.98%
2007 −2.61%
2006 +2.75%

Drawdowns

Thu 2006-11-16? to Thu 2026-03-12 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VYM
×
−5.32% −57.72%
2009-03-05
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