| VB | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +173.3% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +10.6% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +19.3% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.55 |
| Deepest drawdown | -42.1% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2020-02-20 → 2020-03-23 |
| Fee (annual expense ratio) | 0.05% |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 1.28% (as of 2026-09-29) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-09-29 the fund returned +173.3% in total (+10.6% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -42.1% from 2020-02-20 to 2020-03-23. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-17.5%), its best 2019 (+27.3%).
| Year | VB |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +12.0% |
| 2025 | +8.9% |
| 2024 | +14.2% |
| 2023 | +18.2% |
| 2022 | -17.5% |
| 2021 | +17.6% |
| 2020 | +19.2% |
| 2019 | +27.3% |
| 2018 | -9.3% |
| 2017 | +16.3% |
| 2016 | +7.0% |
+173.3% in total, which works out to +10.6% a year over the 10 years to 2026-09-29. 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.
2022 — its calendar-year return was -17.5% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2019 (+27.3%).
-42.1%, from a peak on 2020-02-20 to a trough on 2020-03-23. From that trough it took 231 days (about 7.6 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 1.28% of its share price (as of 2026-09-29). That is a past distribution, not a promise of future income, and it is already counted in every return figure on this page.
0.05% a year, and it is already deducted from every return figure on this page. A fund charges it inside the fund rather than billing you, which is why fee differences show up as a smaller final balance, not as a line item.
It does not say VB 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 -42.1% 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.