| GSVUX | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +217.82% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +12.26% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +14.81% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.83 |
| Deepest drawdown | -36.93% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2020-02-13 → 2020-03-23 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 11.71% (as of 2026-10-02) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-10-02 the fund returned +217.82% in total (+12.26% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -36.93% from 2020-02-13 to 2020-03-23. Its worst calendar year was 2018 (-8.57%), its best 2019 (+27.97%).
| Year | GSVUX |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +18.69% |
| 2025 | +10.78% |
| 2024 | +25.97% |
| 2023 | +13.03% |
| 2022 | -6.25% |
| 2021 | +24.10% |
| 2020 | +4.28% |
| 2019 | +27.97% |
| 2018 | -8.57% |
| 2017 | +9.95% |
| 2016 | +8.77% |
+217.82% in total, which works out to +12.26% a year over the 10 years to 2026-10-02. Both figures assume dividends were reinvested and the fund's own fees were already deducted, so they are what an investor would have kept — before tax.
2018 — its calendar-year return was -8.57% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2019 (+27.97%).
-36.93%, from a peak on 2020-02-13 to a trough on 2020-03-23. From that trough it took 246 days (about 8.1 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 11.71% of its share price (as of 2026-10-02). That is a past distribution, not a promise of future income, and it is already counted in every return figure on this page.
It does not say GSVUX is a good or bad fund, and it is not a forecast. Returns above are history: they already include dividends and already exclude the fund's own fees. A drawdown of -36.93% means an investor who bought at the peak would have watched that much value disappear before it recovered — how long that takes is the part most tables leave out.