I am a new user. i used the stock comparison tool to compare performance over last 10 years for vgslx, nly, voo, vmbs and bnd. the software showed me a nice 10 year chart which looked about right versus other analysis I had done. but when I downloaded chart I got a series of numbers which i did not understand. for example on vgslx starting 9/10/10 ((.0054), 9/30/15 (.767) and ending 10/1/25 ((2.1933). I assumed there numbers represent a cumulative return and calculated compound return based on that. Came up with numbers which differ from vanguard.

what I had hoped to see was a monthly return for each month.

do these numbers represent a cumulative return?

If so they may be inaccurate.

Hi William, welcome to the platform! And you got it right, the values you downloaded represent cumulative return from the beginning of the period. For VGSLX in your example, that’s from 0.54% on 9/10/10 to 219.33% on 10/1/25. What numbers did you get from Vanguard? I can check where the difference might come from.

For monthly returns, you can also go to the VGSLX page directly and scroll down to the Monthly Returns table. It shows both monthly and yearly numbers for that fund.

of course. careless mistake on my part. thank you.

I assume there is no manual.

I need help on Investing! I need to invest 100K USD into US Etfs. I missed the April 25 slump in the market as I was out of country and not keeping track of the ETfs movement.

Now I need to invest, but the market is just going up and up! And I keep waiting for a dip- ?? Looks not coming!

Being a new investor- I would like to understand if the NAVs keep going up- Is it still Okay to invest- say will the Returns ie Performance over 10 years for an ETF with NAV of say 75 in April 25 be the same as the same ETF having an NAV of 110 today? Or will it do down ?

Thanks !