All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

GDXJ: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

GDXJ real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, GDXJ returned +31.93% over the past year and +4.10% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 11, 2009, GDXJ is up +9.98% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.57%/yr, and is currently −36.53% below its real total-return high on Apr. 8, 2011.

Data ending Mon Sep. 21, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 2009-11-11💬 to Mon 2026-09-21 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
GDXJ × 		+9.98%
+0.57%/yr 		−3.42%/yr
R2=0.104
VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 2009-11-11💬 to Mon 2026-09-21 Start
Value 		End
Value
GDXJ × 		$10,000.00
2009-11-11 		$10,997.98
2026-09-21

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-21

  YTD YoY
GDXJ × 		+4.10% +31.93%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
GDXJ × 		−36.53%
on 2026-09-21
from 2011-04-08 peak 		−89.28%
on 2016-01-19
from 2011-04-08 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-09-21 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
GDXJ × 		+31.93% +143.17%
+55.94%/yr 		+247.19%
+51.42%/yr 		+172.09%
+22.16%/yr 		+114.65%
+7.94%/yr

Annual Returns

Year GDXJ
2026 (YTD) +4.10%
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%