Vanguard Large-Cap (VV): Historical Returns

Last Update: 31 Jan 2021

Category: Stocks

ETF: Vanguard Large-Cap (VV)

In the last 10 years, the Vanguard Large-Cap (VV) ETF obtained a 13.64% compound annual return, with a 13.64% standard deviation.

In 2020, the portfolio granted a 1.75% dividend yield. If you are interested in getting periodic income, please refer to the Vanguard Large-Cap (VV): Dividend Yield page.

The ETF is related to the following investment themes:

Asset Class: Equity
Size: Large Cap
Style: Blend
Region: North America
Country: U.S.

The Vanguard Large-Cap (VV) ETF is present in the following Lazy Portfolios:

Portfolio Name	Author	ETF Weight
Rob Arnott Portfolio	Rob Arnott	10.0%
Ultimate Buy&Hold	FundAdvice	6.0%
No Brainer Portfolio	Bill Bernstein	25.0%
Coffee House	Bill Schultheis	10.0%
Warren Buffett		90.0%
Dimensional 2030 Retirement Income	DFA	17.5%
Ideal Index	Frank Armstrong	6.3%
Lifepath Fund	iShares	22.1%
Coward's Portfolio	Bill Bernstein	15.0%
Sandwich Portfolio	Bob Clyatt	20.0%
7Twelve Portfolio	Craig Israelsen	8.3%
Simple Money Portfolio	Tim Maurer	7.5%
Family Taxable Portfolio	Ted Aronson	15.0%
Big Rocks Portfolio	Larry Swedroe	9.0%

Capital Growth and Historical Returns

Capital growth, returns, stats are calculated assuming a reinvestment of dividends.

If you are interested in getting periodic income, please refer to the Vanguard Large-Cap (VV): Dividend Yield page.

Capital Growth:

ETF Returns, up to December 2004, are simulated. They have been calculated using the historical series of equivalent ETFs / Assets.

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Period	Returns Jan 2021	Standard Deviation *	Max Drawdown	Months Pos - Neg
1M	-0.85%		-0.85% Jan 2021 - Jan 2021	0 - 1
3M	+14.68%		-0.85% Jan 2021 - Jan 2021	2 - 1
6M	+15.90%		-6.10% Sep 2020 - Oct 2020	3 - 3
YTD	-0.85%		-0.85% Jan 2021 - Jan 2021	0 - 1
1Y	+19.64%	25.31%	-19.69% Feb 2020 - Mar 2020	7 - 5
3Y	+12.49% annualized	18.54%	-19.69% Feb 2020 - Mar 2020	25 - 11
5Y	+16.74% annualized	15.01%	-19.69% Feb 2020 - Mar 2020	47 - 13
10Y	+13.64% annualized	13.64%	-19.69% Feb 2020 - Mar 2020	85 - 35
MAX 01 Jan 1972	+10.65% annualized	15.32%	-50.39% Nov 2007 - Feb 2009	374 - 215

* Annualized St.Dev. of monthly returns

Drawdowns

Drawdonws Chart:

Worst drawdowns since January 2011.

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	Drawdown period			Recovery period		Total
Drawdown	Start	Bottom	#Months	End	#Months	#Months
-19.69%	Feb 2020	Mar 2020	2	Jul 2020	4	6
-16.67%	May 2011	Sep 2011	5	Feb 2012	5	10
-13.43%	Oct 2018	Dec 2018	3	Apr 2019	4	7
-8.59%	Aug 2015	Sep 2015	2	May 2016	8	10
-6.72%	Apr 2012	May 2012	2	Aug 2012	3	5
-6.34%	May 2019	May 2019	1	Jun 2019	1	2
-6.10%	Sep 2020	Oct 2020	2	Nov 2020	1	3
-6.06%	Feb 2018	Mar 2018	2	Jul 2018	4	6
-3.33%	Jan 2014	Jan 2014	1	Feb 2014	1	2
-3.24%	Dec 2014	Jan 2015	2	Feb 2015	1	3
-2.86%	Aug 2013	Aug 2013	1	Sep 2013	1	2
-1.96%	Jun 2015	Jun 2015	1	Jul 2015	1	2
-1.82%	Oct 2016	Oct 2016	1	Nov 2016	1	2
-1.77%	Aug 2019	Aug 2019	1	Sep 2019	1	2
-1.77%	Oct 2012	Oct 2012	1	Jan 2013	3	4
-1.57%	Sep 2014	Sep 2014	1	Oct 2014	1	2
-1.39%	Jul 2014	Jul 2014	1	Aug 2014	1	2
-1.36%	Jun 2013	Jun 2013	1	Jul 2013	1	2
-1.33%	Mar 2015	Mar 2015	1	May 2015	2	3
-0.85%	Jan 2021	Jan 2021	1	in progress	0	1

Worst drawdowns since December 1971.

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	Drawdown period			Recovery period		Total
Drawdown	Start	Bottom	#Months	End	#Months	#Months
-50.39%	Nov 2007	Feb 2009	16	Mar 2012	37	53
-44.87%	Jan 1973	Sep 1974	21	Sep 1976	24	45
-44.82%	Sep 2000	Sep 2002	25	Oct 2006	49	74
-29.79%	Sep 1987	Nov 1987	3	May 1989	18	21
-19.69%	Feb 2020	Mar 2020	2	Jul 2020	4	6
-16.98%	Dec 1980	Jul 1982	20	Oct 1982	3	23
-15.37%	Jul 1998	Aug 1998	2	Nov 1998	3	5
-14.87%	Jan 1977	Feb 1978	14	Aug 1978	6	20
-14.70%	Jun 1990	Oct 1990	5	Feb 1991	4	9
-13.43%	Oct 2018	Dec 2018	3	Apr 2019	4	7
-9.81%	Mar 1980	Mar 1980	1	Jun 1980	3	4
-9.41%	Sep 1978	Oct 1978	2	Mar 1979	5	7
-8.59%	Aug 2015	Sep 2015	2	May 2016	8	10
-8.31%	Sep 1986	Sep 1986	1	Jan 1987	4	5
-7.45%	Dec 1983	May 1984	6	Aug 1984	3	9
-6.98%	Feb 1994	Mar 1994	2	Aug 1994	5	7
-6.84%	Jan 2000	Feb 2000	2	Mar 2000	1	3
-6.72%	Apr 2012	May 2012	2	Aug 2012	3	5
-6.72%	Jan 1990	Jan 1990	1	May 1990	4	5
-6.53%	Oct 1979	Oct 1979	1	Dec 1979	2	3

Rolling Returns ( more details)

Vanguard Large-Cap (VV) ETF: annualized rolling and average returns

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	*Return ()**			Negative Periods
Rolling Period	Average	Best	Worst	Negative Periods
1 Year	+11.67%	+58.83% Jul 1982 - Jun 1983	-42.98% Mar 2008 - Feb 2009	20.42%
2 Years	+11.10%	+37.82% Mar 2009 - Feb 2011	-25.62% Mar 2007 - Feb 2009	15.19%
3 Years	+11.13%	+32.80% Aug 1984 - Jul 1987	-16.14% Apr 2000 - Mar 2003	13.18%
5 Years	+11.15%	+28.95% Aug 1982 - Jul 1987	-6.19% Mar 2004 - Feb 2009	9.62%
7 Years	+11.21%	+22.44% Aug 1982 - Jul 1989	-3.55% Mar 2002 - Feb 2009	1.19%
10 Years	+11.19%	+19.37% Sep 1990 - Aug 2000	-3.23% Mar 1999 - Feb 2009	4.47%
15 Years	+11.16%	+19.30% Aug 1982 - Jul 1997	+3.93% Sep 2000 - Aug 2015	0.00%

* Annualized rolling and average returns over full calendar month periods

If you need a deeper detail about rolling returns, please refer to the Vanguard Large-Cap (VV) ETF: Rolling Returns page.

Seasonality and Yearly/Monthly Returns

Vanguard Large-Cap (VV) ETF Seasonality

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	Months
Return (%)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average	1.3	0.4	1.0	1.8	1.1	0.6	0.8	0.4	-0.5	1.1	1.9	1.5
Best	13.3 1987	7.6 1986	9.8 2000	13.0 2020	9.7 1990	7.0 2019	9.0 1989	12.4 1982	9.2 2010	18.3 1974	11.1 2020	11.4 1991
Worst	-8.0 2009	-10.6 2009	-12.6 2020	-6.1 2002	-8.1 2010	-8.1 2008	-8.0 1974	-14.5 1998	-11.5 1974	-21.7 1987	-10.9 1973	-8.8 2018
Gain Frequency	60	57	67	71	65	61	53	61	53	61	76	76

Detail of Monthly Returns

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		Months
Year	Return	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2021	-0.85%	-0.9
2020	+20.99%	0.3	-8.1	-12.6	13.0	5.2	2.1	6.0	7.6	-3.7	-2.5	11.1	4.1
2019	+31.25%	8.1	3.3	1.9	4.0	-6.3	7.0	1.5	-1.8	1.9	2.2	3.7	2.9
2018	-4.43%	5.7	-3.7	-2.4	0.3	2.4	0.6	3.6	3.3	0.5	-6.9	1.9	-8.8
2017	+22.00%	1.9	4.0	0.1	1.1	1.4	0.6	2.1	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.0	1.3
2016	+11.78%	-5.4	-0.1	6.9	0.4	1.7	0.3	3.8	0.2	0.1	-1.8	3.7	2.0
2015	+1.02%	-3.0	5.8	-1.3	0.7	1.3	-2.0	2.1	-6.0	-2.7	8.3	0.4	-1.7
2014	+13.37%	-3.3	4.7	0.7	0.5	2.4	2.2	-1.4	4.0	-1.6	2.4	2.8	-0.3
2013	+32.69%	5.3	1.4	3.6	2.0	2.2	-1.4	5.4	-2.9	3.4	4.4	2.8	2.7
2012	+16.18%	4.9	4.2	3.3	-0.6	-6.2	3.9	1.1	2.5	2.5	-1.8	0.6	1.1
2011	+1.42%	2.3	3.4	0.1	3.0	-1.0	-1.8	-2.0	-5.7	-7.3	11.0	-0.4	0.9
2010	+15.91%	-3.5	3.1	6.1	1.6	-8.1	-5.4	7.1	-4.5	9.2	4.0	0.2	6.8
2009	+27.36%	-8.0	-10.6	8.2	10.1	5.7	0.0	7.5	3.7	3.9	-2.1	6.0	2.3
2008	-36.68%	-6.2	-2.6	-0.5	4.7	1.7	-8.1	-0.9	1.1	-8.9	-17.2	-7.6	1.9
2007	+6.18%	1.8	-1.8	1.0	4.4	3.6	-1.8	-3.2	1.8	3.9	1.6	-4.0	-0.8
2006	+15.48%	2.5	0.2	1.7	0.8	-2.8	0.3	0.3	2.2	2.6	3.2	2.2	1.2
2005	+6.03%	-2.9	2.3	-1.7	-2.2	4.0	0.5	3.5	-0.9	1.0	-1.6	3.9	0.4
2004	+10.74%	1.8	1.4	-1.5	-1.6	1.4	1.9	-3.3	0.4	1.1	1.5	4.1	3.4
2003	+28.50%	-2.6	-1.5	1.0	8.3	5.3	1.3	1.7	1.9	-1.1	5.6	0.9	5.2
2002	-22.15%	-1.5	-1.9	3.7	-6.1	-0.8	-7.1	-7.7	0.7	-10.9	8.8	5.9	-5.9
2001	-12.02%	3.6	-9.1	-6.4	7.8	0.7	-2.5	-1.0	-6.3	-8.1	1.9	7.7	0.9
2000	-9.06%	-5.0	-1.9	9.8	-3.0	-2.0	2.5	-1.5	6.2	-5.3	-0.4	-7.9	0.5
1999	+21.07%	4.2	-3.1	4.0	3.9	-2.4	5.6	-3.1	-0.5	-2.7	6.3	2.0	6.0
1998	+28.62%	1.1	7.2	5.1	1.0	-1.7	4.1	-1.1	-14.5	6.4	8.2	6.1	5.8
1997	+33.19%	6.2	0.8	-4.1	6.0	6.1	4.5	8.0	-5.6	5.5	-3.4	4.6	1.7
1996	+22.88%	3.4	0.9	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.4	-4.4	2.1	5.6	2.8	7.6	-2.0
1995	+37.45%	2.6	3.9	3.0	2.9	4.0	2.3	3.3	0.3	4.2	-0.4	4.4	1.9
1994	+1.18%	3.4	-2.7	-4.4	1.3	1.6	-2.5	3.3	4.1	-2.5	2.3	-3.7	1.5
1993	+9.89%	0.8	1.4	2.1	-2.4	2.7	0.3	-0.4	3.8	-0.8	2.1	-1.0	1.2
1992	+7.42%	-1.9	1.2	-1.9	2.9	0.5	-1.5	4.0	-2.1	1.2	0.3	3.4	1.2
1991	+30.22%	4.4	7.1	2.4	0.2	4.3	-4.6	4.6	2.3	-1.7	1.3	-4.0	11.4
1990	-3.32%	-6.7	1.3	2.6	-2.5	9.7	-0.7	-0.4	-9.0	-4.9	-0.4	6.4	2.7
1989	+31.36%	7.3	-2.5	2.3	5.2	4.0	-0.6	9.0	1.9	-0.4	-2.3	2.0	2.4
1988	+16.22%	4.2	4.6	-3.0	1.0	0.8	4.6	-0.4	-3.4	4.3	2.7	-1.5	1.7
1987	+4.71%	13.3	4.0	2.9	-1.0	1.0	5.0	4.9	3.8	-2.3	-21.7	-8.2	7.6
1986	+18.06%	0.4	7.6	5.5	-1.4	5.5	1.7	-5.7	7.5	-8.3	5.6	2.6	-2.6
1985	+31.23%	7.6	1.4	0.0	-0.3	6.0	1.4	-0.2	-0.7	-3.1	4.4	6.9	4.7
1984	+6.21%	-0.5	-3.3	1.6	0.7	-5.4	2.2	-1.5	11.2	0.0	0.3	-1.0	2.6
1983	+21.29%	3.4	2.5	3.5	7.6	-0.9	3.8	-3.3	1.8	1.3	-1.4	2.3	-0.6
1982	+20.97%	-1.5	-5.1	-0.7	4.2	-2.8	-1.6	-2.2	12.4	1.0	11.1	4.2	1.7
1981	-5.21%	-4.4	2.1	3.7	-2.2	0.6	-0.9	0.0	-5.4	-5.0	5.2	4.4	-2.8
1980	+31.92%	5.9	0.4	-9.8	4.3	5.5	2.8	6.6	1.3	2.7	2.0	11.0	-3.1
1979	+18.05%	4.1	-2.9	5.7	0.4	-1.7	4.0	1.1	6.1	0.2	-6.5	5.1	1.8
1978	+5.87%	-6.0	-1.7	2.6	8.5	1.3	-1.6	5.7	3.4	-0.6	-8.9	2.6	1.7
1977	-7.84%	-5.0	-1.4	-1.3	0.0	-1.5	4.5	-1.5	-1.4	0.0	-4.2	3.5	0.5
1976	+24.18%	12.2	-0.8	2.7	-1.0	-1.0	5.0	-0.7	0.2	2.5	-2.1	0.3	5.4
1975	+36.95%	12.3	6.5	2.6	5.2	5.7	5.0	-6.7	-2.0	-3.6	6.5	3.2	-1.3
1974	-26.93%	-1.1	-0.3	-2.3	-4.0	-2.4	-2.0	-8.0	-8.7	-11.5	18.3	-4.0	-2.2
1973	-16.18%	-2.0	-3.7	-0.4	-4.6	-1.4	-0.8	4.6	-3.1	4.5	-0.2	-10.9	1.5
1972	+18.95%	2.2	3.0	0.8	0.7	1.9	-1.9	0.0	3.9	-0.4	1.2	4.9	1.4

ETF Returns, up to December 2004, are simulated. They have been calculated using the historical series of equivalent ETFs / Assets.