| VESGX | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +178.84% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +15.08% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +14.91% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 1.01 |
| Deepest drawdown | -30.52% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2020-02-12 → 2020-03-23 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 3.67% (as of 2026-10-02) |
Over the 7.3 years to 2026-10-02 the fund returned +178.84% in total (+15.08% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -30.52% from 2020-02-12 to 2020-03-23. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-10.74%), its best 2021 (+22.32%).
| Year | VESGX |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +19.32% |
| 2025 | +15.17% |
| 2024 | +16.32% |
| 2023 | +19.62% |
| 2022 | -10.74% |
| 2021 | +22.32% |
| 2020 | +19.44% |
| 2019 | +11.83% |
+178.84% in total, which works out to +15.08% a year over the 7 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.
2022 — its calendar-year return was -10.74% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2021 (+22.32%).
-30.52%, from a peak on 2020-02-12 to a trough on 2020-03-23. From that trough it took 142 days (about 4.7 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 3.67% 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 VESGX 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 -30.52% 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.