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 +20.23% over the past year and +8.53% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 16, 2006, VYM is up +246.03% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.54%/yr, and is currently āˆ’0.62% below its real total-return high on Jun. 2, 2026.

Data ending Tue Jun. 16, 2026

Thu 2006-11-16šŸ’¬ to Tue 2026-06-16 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VYM × 		+8.53%
2026-06-16 		+20.23%
2026-06-16
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Returns

Thu 2006-11-16šŸ’¬ to Tue 2026-06-16 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VYM × 		+246.03%
+6.54%/yr 		+8.05%/yr
(R2=0.907)
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Growth of $10,000

Thu 2006-11-16šŸ’¬ to Tue 2026-06-16 Start
Value 		End
Value
VYM × 		$10,000.00
2006-11-16 		$34,602.93
2026-06-16
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Annual Returns

Year VYM
2026 (YTD) +8.53%
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 Tue 2026-06-16 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VYM × 		āˆ’0.62%
from 2026-06-02 peak 		āˆ’57.72%
2009-03-05
from 2007-10-09 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-06-16 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VYM × 		+20.23% +33.86%
+15.70%/yr 		+48.10%
+13.99%/yr 		+40.94%
+7.10%/yr 		+121.05%
+8.26%/yr
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