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Total Real Returns

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

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Thu 2015-08-27 to Fri 2025-08-29 YTD
Return
TRR
Price
VYM
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+7.77%
2025-08-29
3.056 TRR
2025-08-29
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Thu 2015-08-27 to Fri 2025-08-29 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VYM
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+117.06%
+8.05%/yr
+6.40%/yr
(R2=0.879)
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Thu 2015-08-27 to Fri 2025-08-29 Start
Value
End
Value
VYM
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$10,000.00
2015-08-27
$21,706.18
2025-08-29
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year VYM
2025 (YTD) +7.77%
2024 +14.30%
2023 +3.13%
2022 −6.49%
2021 +17.90%
2020 −0.21%
2019 +21.29%
2018 −7.68%
2017 +14.01%
2016 +14.67%
2015 −0.45%
2014 +12.68%
2013 +28.17%
2012 +10.77%
2011 +7.36%
2010 +12.53%
2009 +14.10%
2008 −31.99%
2007 −2.61%
2006 +2.74%

Drawdowns

Thu 2015-08-27 to Fri 2025-08-29 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VYM
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−0.06% −35.39%
2020-03-23
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund