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VCLT — Vanguard LONG-TERM Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF…

Data as of 2026-09-29 · US · Bonds · window 2016-09-29 → 2026-09-29 (10.0 years) · returns assume dividends reinvested, net of fund fees · Market Data from Tiingo.com

What the history says

VCLT
Total return+10.8%
Annualised (CAGR)+1.0%
Volatility (annualised)+12.0%
Sharpe (rf = 0)0.09
Deepest drawdown-34.3%
Drawdown peak → trough2021-09-22 → 2022-10-24
Dividend yield (12m distributions)5.98% (as of 2026-09-29)

Over the 10.0 years to 2026-09-29 the fund returned +10.8% in total (+1.0% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -34.3% from 2021-09-22 to 2022-10-24. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-25.5%), its best 2019 (+23.9%).

Every calendar year

Calendar-year returns (net of fees, dividends reinvested)
YearVCLT
2026-5.9%
2025+7.2%
2024-1.9%
2023+11.2%
2022-25.5%
2021-1.7%
2020+13.3%
2019+23.9%
2018-7.0%
2017+11.7%
2016-5.5%

Common questions

How much has VCLT returned over the last 10 years?

+10.8% in total, which works out to +1.0% 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.

What was VCLT's worst year?

2022 — its calendar-year return was -25.5% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2019 (+23.9%).

How deep was VCLT's worst drawdown?

-34.3%, from a peak on 2021-09-22 to a trough on 2022-10-24. As of 2026-09-29 it had not climbed back to that earlier peak.

Does VCLT pay dividends?

Over the last 12 months it distributed 5.98% 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.

What this page does not say

It does not say VCLT 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 -34.3% 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.

Run your own window, add fees or a second fund: open VCLT in the tool. History is shown as history, never sold as a forecast.

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