Growth of $10K (growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment) is a chart that is commonly-used to illustrate this. Your chart would then have VFINX, VBMFX, and USDOLLAR start with $10,000 on 1987-08-03 and go from there.
Showing $10k way back in the day would be a bit misleading since every graph starts in a different day and the whole idea is that inflation makes $10k translate to different real world value (baguettes) across time.
It could instead show how much back at the start date one would need for it to be todays $10k? Not sure. Maybe absulute dolar values should just be ommited and work only off percentages.
It could instead show how much back at the start date one would need for it to be todays $10k? Not sure. Maybe absulute dolar values should just be ommited and work only off percentages.