All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
GDXJ real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, GDXJ returned +47.97% over the past year and −12.85% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 11, 2009, GDXJ is down −7.93% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.50%/yr, and is currently −46.86% below its real total-return high on Apr. 8, 2011.
Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026
| Wed 2009-11-11💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
−12.85%
2026-07-02 |
+47.97%
2026-07-02 |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Wed 2009-11-11💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
−7.93%
−0.50%/yr |
−3.88%/yr
(R2=0.132) |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Wed 2009-11-11💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
$10,000.00
2009-11-11 |
$9,206.95
2026-07-02 |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | GDXJ |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −12.85% |
| 2025 | +165.19% |
| 2024 | +12.43% |
| 2023 | +3.65% |
| 2022 | −19.72% |
| 2021 | −26.42% |
| 2020 | +28.64% |
| 2019 | +37.31% |
| 2018 | −12.69% |
| 2017 | +5.98% |
| 2016 | +69.46% |
| 2015 | −19.73% |
| 2014 | −22.94% |
| 2013 | −61.36% |
| 2012 | −18.22% |
| 2011 | −35.87% |
| 2010 | +64.53% |
| 2009 | +1.31% |
| Wed 2009-11-11💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
−46.86%
from 2011-04-08 peak |
−89.28%
2016-01-19 from 2011-04-08 peak |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × | +47.97% |
+139.71% +54.83%/yr |
+176.77% +40.40%/yr |
+89.70% +13.66%/yr |
+90.03% +6.63%/yr |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
