| VGSH | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +18.3% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +1.7% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +1.7% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 1.03 |
| Deepest drawdown | -5.7% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2021-04-20 → 2022-10-20 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 3.80% (as of 2026-09-29) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-09-29 the fund returned +18.3% in total (+1.7% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -5.7% from 2021-04-20 to 2022-10-20. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-3.9%), its best 2025 (+5.1%).
| Year | VGSH |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.4% |
| 2025 | +5.1% |
| 2024 | +4.0% |
| 2023 | +4.3% |
| 2022 | -3.9% |
| 2021 | -0.6% |
| 2020 | +3.0% |
| 2019 | +3.5% |
| 2018 | +1.5% |
| 2017 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | -0.2% |
+18.3% in total, which works out to +1.7% 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 -3.9% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2025 (+5.1%).
-5.7%, from a peak on 2021-04-20 to a trough on 2022-10-20. From that trough it took 573 days (about 18.8 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 3.80% 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.
It does not say VGSH 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 -5.7% 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.