All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
GDX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, GDX returned +43.90% over the past year and −11.89% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 22, 2006, GDX is up +49.26% in real purchasing-power return, or +2.01%/yr, and is currently −34.22% below its real total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.
Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026
| Mon 2006-05-22💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDX × |
−11.89%
2026-07-02 |
+43.90%
2026-07-02 |
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| VanEck Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Mon 2006-05-22💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDX × |
+49.26%
+2.01%/yr |
−2.04%/yr
(R2=0.088) |
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| VanEck Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Mon 2006-05-22💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDX × |
$10,000.00
2006-05-22 |
$14,925.84
2026-07-02 |
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| VanEck Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | GDX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −11.89% |
| 2025 | +148.14% |
| 2024 | +7.54% |
| 2023 | +6.41% |
| 2022 | −14.53% |
| 2021 | −15.47% |
| 2020 | +22.00% |
| 2019 | +36.69% |
| 2018 | −10.48% |
| 2017 | +9.67% |
| 2016 | +49.82% |
| 2015 | −25.26% |
| 2014 | −13.10% |
| 2013 | −54.70% |
| 2012 | −10.42% |
| 2011 | −18.51% |
| 2010 | +31.95% |
| 2009 | +33.10% |
| 2008 | −26.14% |
| 2007 | +12.17% |
| 2006 | +7.74% |
| Mon 2006-05-22💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDX × |
−34.22%
from 2026-02-27 peak |
−81.40%
2016-01-19 from 2011-09-08 peak |
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| VanEck Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDX × | +43.90% |
+119.50% +48.16%/yr |
+144.78% +34.77%/yr |
+97.36% +14.57%/yr |
+113.35% +7.87%/yr |
|
| VanEck Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
