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VSEQX · Vanguard Strategic Equity Fund Investor Shares
Over the last 15 years (2011-10 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in VSEQX with dividends reinvested grew to $36,868, 9.04% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -38.08%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Growth of $10,000 · 2011-10 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested
How VSEQX held up in past market crashes
VSEQX has been through 5 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 67.1% in the 2008 financial crisis, when the S&P 500 fell 56.5%. It took 4.2 years from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | VSEQX deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot-com bust | -37.4% | -49.1% | Sep 2000 to Oct 2002 | 14 months |
| 2008 financial crisis | -67.1% | -56.5% | Oct 2007 to Mar 2009 | 4.2 years |
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -32.1% | -20.2% | Sep 2018 to Dec 2018 | 2.0 years |
| 2020 COVID crash | -43.9% | -34.1% | Feb 2020 to Mar 2020 | 8 months |
| 2022 bear market | -22.2% | -25.4% | Jan 2022 to Sep 2022 | 2.0 years |
Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.
About VSEQX
Vanguard Strategic Equity Fund Investor Shares is an actively managed mutual fund focused on delivering long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in small- and mid-capitalization domestic equities. Employing a quantitative investment strategy, the fund's managers select stocks they believe possess above-average growth potential, blending both growth and value styles for diversification.
Fund description from our market-data provider.
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