Last Update: 31 Aug 2021
In the last 10 years, the Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTI) ETF obtained a 16.21% compound annual return, with a 13.83% standard deviation.
In the last 20 years, a 9.8% compound annual return, with a 15.10% standard deviation.
In 2020, the portfolio granted a 1.71% dividend yield. If you are interested in getting periodic income, please refer to the Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTI): 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 Total Stock Market (VTI) ETF is present in the following Lazy Portfolios:
| Portfolio Name | Author | ETF Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Robo Advisor 90 | Betterment | 30.9% |
| Robo Advisor 80 | Betterment | 27.0% |
| Five Asset | Roger Gibson | 20.0% |
| US Stocks | 100.0% | |
| All Weather Portfolio | Ray Dalio | 30.0% |
| Permanent Portfolio | Harry Browne | 25.0% |
| Ivy Portfolio | Mebane Faber | 20.0% |
| Couch Potato | Scott Burns | 50.0% |
| Stocks/Bonds 60/40 | 60.0% | |
| Stocks/Bonds 40/60 | 40.0% | |
| Core Four | Rick Ferri | 48.0% |
| Three Funds | Bogleheads | 50.0% |
| Four Funds | Bogleheads | 50.0% |
| Lazy Portfolio | David Swensen | 30.0% |
| Yale Endowment | David Swensen | 30.0% |
| Dimensional 2030 Retirement Income | DFA | 17.5% |
| Simple Path to Wealth | JL Collins | 75.0% |
| Golden Butterfly | 20.0% | |
| Margaritaville | Scott Burns | 34.0% |
| Pinwheel | 15.0% | |
| Second Grader's Starter | Paul Farrell | 60.0% |
| Talmud Portfolio | Roger Gibson | 33.3% |
| Desert Portfolio | Gyroscopic Investing | 30.0% |
| Family Taxable Portfolio | Ted Aronson | 5.0% |
| Robo Advisor 10 | Betterment | 3.2% |
| Robo Advisor 20 | Betterment | 6.3% |
| Robo Advisor 50 | Betterment | 16.2% |
| Robo Advisor 100 | Betterment | 34.6% |
| Late Sixties and Beyond | Burton Malkiel | 20.0% |
| Late Thirties to Early Forties | Burton Malkiel | 32.5% |
| Mid-Fifties | Burton Malkiel | 27.0% |
| Mid-Twenties | Burton Malkiel | 35.0% |
| Andrew Tobias Portfolio | Andrew Tobias | 33.3% |
| Gone Fishin' Portfolio | Alexander Green | 15.0% |
| Dynamic 40/60 Income | 20.0% | |
| Dynamic 60/40 Income | 20.0% | |
| Stocks/Bonds 80/20 | 80.0% | |
| Stocks/Bonds 20/80 | 20.0% |
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 Total Stock Market (VTI): Dividend Yield page.
ETF Returns, up to December 2001, are simulated. They have been calculated using the historical series of equivalent ETFs / Assets.
| Period | Returns Aug 2021 |
Standard Deviation * |
Max Drawdown |
Months Pos - Neg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1M
|
+2.86%
|
0.00%
|
1 - 0 | |
|
3M
|
+7.24%
|
0.00%
|
3 - 0 | |
|
6M
|
+17.28%
|
0.00%
|
6 - 0 | |
|
YTD
|
+20.56%
|
-0.33%
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
|
7 - 1 | |
|
1Y
|
+33.44%
|
12.98%
|
-5.42%
Sep 2020 - Oct 2020
|
9 - 3 |
|
3Y
|
+17.90%
annualized
|
18.98%
|
-20.84%
Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
|
26 - 10 |
|
5Y
|
+18.00%
annualized
|
15.38%
|
-20.84%
Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
|
47 - 13 |
|
10Y
|
+16.21%
annualized
|
13.83%
|
-20.84%
Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
|
88 - 32 |
|
MAX
01 Jan 1972
|
+10.96%
annualized
|
15.55%
|
-50.84%
Nov 2007 - Feb 2009
|
376 - 220 |
* Annualized St.Dev. of monthly returns
Drawdowns
Rolling Returns ( more details)
Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTI) ETF: annualized rolling and average returns
| Return (*) | Negative Periods |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Period | Average | Best | Worst | |
| 1 Year |
+12.08% |
+66.73% Jul 1982 - Jun 1983 |
-43.33% Mar 2008 - Feb 2009 |
21.03% |
| 2 Years |
+11.26% |
+39.52% Mar 2009 - Feb 2011 |
-26.16% Mar 2007 - Feb 2009 |
13.79% |
| 3 Years |
+11.24% |
+30.70% Apr 1995 - Mar 1998 |
-16.22% Apr 2000 - Mar 2003 |
12.48% |
| 5 Years |
+11.28% |
+27.25% Aug 1982 - Jul 1987 |
-6.14% Mar 2004 - Feb 2009 |
7.82% |
| 7 Years |
+11.29% |
+21.23% Aug 1982 - Jul 1989 |
-2.98% Mar 2002 - Feb 2009 |
1.17% |
| 10 Years |
+11.20% |
+18.89% Oct 1990 - Sep 2000 |
-2.47% Mar 1999 - Feb 2009 |
2.94% |
| 15 Years |
+11.03% |
+18.21% Aug 1982 - Jul 1997 |
+4.37% Sep 2000 - Aug 2015 |
0.00% |
| 20 Years |
+11.00% |
+17.30% Apr 1980 - Mar 2000 |
+4.98% Apr 2000 - Mar 2020 |
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 Total Stock Market (VTI) ETF: Rolling Returns page.
Seasonality and Yearly/Monthly Returns
In the table below, for the Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTI) ETF, the average monthly return is represented.
Below each return, it's also mentioned the probability of obtaining a positive monthly result (Win %).
Both the Average Return and the Gain Frequency are useful to get an idea of what happened in the past.
| Monthly Average Return (%) and Gain Frequency | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return (%) | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Average Win % |
1.50 60% |
0.62 62% |
0.95 66% |
1.81 72% |
1.03 66% |
0.77 60% |
0.75 48% |
0.45 60% |
-0.49 53% |
0.76 59% |
1.98 76% |
1.55 76% |
| Best Year |
14.1 1975 |
7.3 1998 |
8.3 2009 |
13.1 2020 |
8.8 1990 |
7.1 2019 |
7.8 1997 |
11.9 1982 |
9.5 2010 |
16.9 1974 |
11.8 2020 |
10.6 1991 |
| Worst Year |
-8.1 2009 |
-10.5 2009 |
-13.9 2020 |
-5.2 2000 |
-7.9 2010 |
-8.1 2008 |
-8.3 2002 |
-15.7 1998 |
-11.1 1974 |
-22.3 1987 |
-12.1 1973 |
-9.2 2018 |
For further information about the seasonality, check the Asset Class Seasonality page.
Investing in Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTI) ETF: detail of monthly returns
| Months | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Return | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2021 |
+20.56% | -0.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.9 | ||||
| 2020 |
+21.03% | -0.1 | -8.0 | -13.9 | 13.1 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 7.1 | -3.5 | -2.0 | 11.8 | 4.7 |
| 2019 |
+30.67% | 8.5 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 3.9 | -6.5 | 7.1 | 1.4 | -2.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
| 2018 |
-5.21% | 5.2 | -3.8 | -2.0 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 0.2 | -7.4 | 2.0 | -9.2 |
| 2017 |
+21.21% | 1.9 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 1.2 |
| 2016 |
+12.83% | -5.7 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -2.2 | 4.5 | 2.0 |
| 2015 |
+0.36% | -2.7 | 5.7 | -1.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | -1.7 | 1.7 | -6.1 | -2.9 | 7.9 | 0.6 | -2.1 |
| 2014 |
+12.54% | -3.2 | 4.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 2.6 | -2.0 | 4.2 | -2.1 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| 2013 |
+33.45% | 5.4 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 2.4 | -1.4 | 5.8 | -3.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 2012 |
+16.45% | 5.1 | 4.2 | 3.1 | -0.6 | -6.2 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | -1.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| 2011 |
+0.97% | 2.1 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 2.9 | -1.1 | -1.8 | -2.3 | -6.1 | -7.6 | 11.4 | -0.4 | 1.0 |
| 2010 |
+17.42% | -3.6 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 2.2 | -7.9 | -5.8 | 7.0 | -4.7 | 9.5 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| 2009 |
+28.89% | -8.1 | -10.5 | 8.3 | 11.0 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 7.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | -2.6 | 5.7 | 2.9 |
| 2008 |
-36.98% | -6.2 | -2.5 | -0.9 | 4.9 | 2.0 | -8.1 | -0.6 | 1.5 | -9.2 | -17.5 | -8.0 | 1.8 |
| 2007 |
+5.37% | 1.9 | -1.6 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 3.7 | -1.8 | -3.5 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 1.8 | -4.5 | -0.7 |
| 2006 |
+15.69% | 3.2 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 1.0 | -3.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.2 |
| 2005 |
+6.31% | -2.5 | 2.1 | -1.9 | -2.2 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 4.4 | -1.1 | 0.8 | -2.4 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| 2004 |
+12.79% | 2.6 | 1.4 | -1.0 | -2.2 | 1.5 | 2.0 | -3.6 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 3.4 |
| 2003 |
+30.75% | -2.8 | -1.5 | 0.8 | 8.6 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 | -1.1 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| 2002 |
-20.47% | -0.9 | -1.8 | 3.7 | -4.5 | -1.4 | -6.9 | -8.3 | 0.8 | -10.1 | 7.5 | 6.0 | -5.1 |
| 2001 |
-10.97% | 3.8 | -9.4 | -6.7 | 8.2 | 1.0 | -1.6 | -1.7 | -6.0 | -9.0 | 2.5 | 7.6 | 1.8 |
| 2000 |
-10.57% | -4.2 | 2.5 | 5.7 | -5.2 | -3.4 | 4.4 | -2.0 | 7.3 | -4.7 | -2.0 | -9.9 | 1.8 |
| 1999 |
+23.81% | 3.7 | -3.7 | 3.9 | 4.7 | -2.0 | 5.2 | -3.2 | -0.9 | -2.4 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 7.6 |
| 1998 |
+23.26% | 0.4 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 1.1 | -2.7 | 3.5 | -2.3 | -15.7 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 6.5 |
| 1997 |
+30.99% | 5.5 | -0.1 | -4.5 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 4.4 | 7.8 | -3.7 | 5.8 | -3.4 | 3.3 | 1.7 |
| 1996 |
+20.96% | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 2.7 | -0.8 | -5.4 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 6.8 | -1.3 |
| 1995 |
+35.79% | 2.2 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 3.6 | -1.2 | 4.2 | 1.5 |
| 1994 |
-0.17% | 3.1 | -2.2 | -4.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | -2.7 | 3.1 | 4.4 | -1.9 | 1.6 | -3.7 | 1.2 |
| 1993 |
+10.62% | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | -2.8 | 3.0 | 0.6 | -0.3 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 1.6 | -1.6 | 1.9 |
| 1992 |
+9.11% | 0.0 | 1.3 | -2.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | -1.9 | 3.9 | -2.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 1.8 |
| 1991 |
+32.39% | 5.0 | 6.9 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 4.0 | -4.5 | 4.8 | 2.7 | -1.2 | 1.7 | -3.8 | 10.6 |
| 1990 |
-6.08% | -7.0 | 1.6 | 2.5 | -2.8 | 8.8 | -0.5 | -1.1 | -9.0 | -5.2 | -1.2 | 6.4 | 3.0 |
| 1989 |
+28.12% | 6.6 | -1.8 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 3.9 | -0.2 | 7.6 | 2.3 | -0.2 | -2.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 1988 |
+17.32% | 4.4 | 5.2 | -1.4 | 1.1 | -0.1 | 4.9 | -0.6 | -2.8 | 3.7 | 1.7 | -1.6 | 2.0 |
| 1987 |
+2.61% | 12.9 | 4.8 | 2.3 | -1.5 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 | -2.1 | -22.3 | -7.2 | 7.3 |
| 1986 |
+14.57% | 0.8 | 7.1 | 5.8 | -0.8 | 4.9 | 1.3 | -5.9 | 6.4 | -7.9 | 4.8 | 1.4 | -2.9 |
| 1985 |
+31.27% | 9.1 | 1.8 | -0.4 | -0.2 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 0.0 | -0.7 | -4.1 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 4.2 |
| 1984 |
+2.19% | -1.5 | -4.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | -5.3 | 2.3 | -2.1 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -1.3 | 2.3 |
| 1983 |
+22.66% | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 7.4 | 1.3 | 3.8 | -3.2 | 0.4 | 1.7 | -2.8 | 3.0 | -1.0 |
| 1982 |
+20.50% | -2.7 | -5.1 | -1.0 | 4.4 | -2.8 | -2.4 | -2.0 | 11.9 | 1.7 | 11.8 | 5.1 | 1.5 |
| 1981 |
-4.15% | -4.1 | 1.6 | 4.6 | -1.2 | 1.4 | -1.0 | -0.3 | -5.6 | -6.4 | 6.0 | 4.6 | -2.8 |
| 1980 |
+33.15% | 6.5 | 0.2 | -12.0 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 3.7 | 6.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 10.6 | -3.5 |
| 1979 |
+24.25% | 4.9 | -2.7 | 6.6 | 0.8 | -1.4 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 0.2 | -7.2 | 6.4 | 2.8 |
| 1978 |
+8.45% | -5.6 | -1.0 | 3.4 | 8.3 | 2.3 | -1.1 | 5.7 | 4.2 | -0.7 | -11.0 | 3.5 | 1.7 |
| 1977 |
-3.36% | -3.7 | -1.6 | -1.0 | 0.5 | -1.1 | 5.2 | -1.3 | -1.4 | 0.1 | -4.0 | 4.5 | 0.8 |
| 1976 |
+26.47% | 12.6 | 0.6 | 2.7 | -1.0 | -0.9 | 4.5 | -0.7 | -0.2 | 2.5 | -2.1 | 0.4 | 6.1 |
| 1975 |
+37.82% | 14.1 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.2 | -6.1 | -2.3 | -3.8 | 5.7 | 3.1 | -1.1 |
| 1974 |
-27.81% | 0.3 | 0.3 | -2.3 | -4.6 | -4.1 | -2.2 | -7.1 | -8.7 | -11.1 | 16.9 | -4.1 | -2.7 |
| 1973 |
-18.18% | -2.7 | -4.4 | -0.7 | -5.1 | -2.3 | -0.8 | 5.7 | -2.9 | 5.4 | 0.0 | -12.1 | 1.3 |
| 1972 |
+17.62% | 2.8 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.7 | -2.1 | -0.4 | 3.7 | -0.7 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 1.2 |
ETF Returns, up to December 2001, are simulated. They have been calculated using the historical series of equivalent ETFs / Assets.