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Total Real Returns

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

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Tue 2020-04-14 to Fri 2025-08-01 YTD
Return
TRR
Price
VYM
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+3.04%
2025-08-01
2.922 TRR
2025-08-01
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Tue 2020-04-14 to Fri 2025-08-01 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VYM
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+60.22%
+9.31%/yr
+6.27%/yr
(R2=0.627)
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2020-04-14 to Fri 2025-08-01 Start
Value
End
Value
VYM
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$10,000.00
2020-04-14
$16,021.70
2025-08-01
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year VYM
2025 (YTD) +3.04%
2024 +14.30%
2023 +3.13%
2022 −6.50%
2021 +17.91%
2020 −0.22%
2019 +21.29%
2018 −7.68%
2017 +14.00%
2016 +14.66%
2015 −0.44%
2014 +12.68%
2013 +28.16%
2012 +10.78%
2011 +7.35%
2010 +12.55%
2009 +14.09%
2008 −31.99%
2007 −2.61%
2006 +2.75%

Drawdowns

Tue 2020-04-14 to Fri 2025-08-01 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VYM
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−2.82% −20.56%
2022-09-30
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund