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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 2025-12-12 YTD
Return
TRR
Price
VYM
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+12.69%
2025-12-12
3.196 TRR
2025-12-12
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Tue 2020-04-14 to Fri 2025-12-12 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VYM
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+75.22%
+10.41%/yr
+6.77%/yr
(R2=0.694)
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2020-04-14 to Fri 2025-12-12 Start
Value
End
Value
VYM
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$10,000.00
2020-04-14
$17,521.90
2025-12-12
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year VYM
2025 (YTD) +12.69%
2024 +14.30%
2023 +3.14%
2022 −6.50%
2021 +17.90%
2020 −0.21%
2019 +21.29%
2018 −7.69%
2017 +14.02%
2016 +14.65%
2015 −0.44%
2014 +12.69%
2013 +28.14%
2012 +10.78%
2011 +7.36%
2010 +12.55%
2009 +14.09%
2008 −31.98%
2007 −2.62%
2006 +2.74%

Drawdowns

Tue 2020-04-14 to Fri 2025-12-12 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VYM
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−1.21% −20.55%
2022-09-30
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund