All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
IAU total return snapshot: IAU returned +21.50% over the past year and −6.02% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 28, 2005, IAU is up +793.42% in nominal total return, or +10.74%/yr, and is currently −24.90% below its total-return high on Jan. 29, 2026.
Data ending Wed Jul. 15, 2026
| Fri 2005-01-28💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAU × |
−6.02%
2026-07-15 |
+21.50%
2026-07-15 |
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| iShares Gold Trust Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Fri 2005-01-28💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAU × |
+793.42%
+10.74%/yr |
+6.79%/yr
(R2=0.739) |
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| iShares Gold Trust Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Fri 2005-01-28💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAU × |
$10,000.00
2005-01-28 |
$89,341.77
2026-07-15 |
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| iShares Gold Trust Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | IAU |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −6.02% |
| 2025 | +63.95% |
| 2024 | +26.85% |
| 2023 | +12.84% |
| 2022 | −0.63% |
| 2021 | −4.00% |
| 2020 | +25.03% |
| 2019 | +17.98% |
| 2018 | −1.76% |
| 2017 | +12.91% |
| 2016 | +8.31% |
| 2015 | −10.58% |
| 2014 | −2.05% |
| 2013 | −28.25% |
| 2012 | +6.89% |
| 2011 | +9.57% |
| 2010 | +29.46% |
| 2009 | +23.90% |
| 2008 | +5.11% |
| 2007 | +30.36% |
| 2006 | +22.27% |
| 2005 | +21.17% |
| Fri 2005-01-28💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAU × |
−24.90%
from 2026-01-29 peak |
−45.14%
2015-12-02 from 2011-08-22 peak |
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| iShares Gold Trust Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Wed 2026-07-15 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAU × | +21.50% |
+66.70% +29.11%/yr |
+106.05% +27.25%/yr |
+119.13% +16.99%/yr |
+197.50% +11.52%/yr |
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