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 +61.32% over the past year and −2.91% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 11, 2009, GDXJ is up +2.57% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.15%/yr, and is currently −40.81% below its real total-return high on Apr. 8, 2011.
Data ending Tue Jun. 16, 2026
| Wed 2009-11-11💬 to Tue 2026-06-16 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
−2.91%
2026-06-16 |
+61.32%
2026-06-16 |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Wed 2009-11-11💬 to Tue 2026-06-16 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
+2.57%
+0.15%/yr |
−3.96%/yr
(R2=0.138) |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Wed 2009-11-11💬 to Tue 2026-06-16 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
$10,000.00
2009-11-11 |
$10,256.59
2026-06-16 |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | GDXJ |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −2.91% |
| 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 Tue 2026-06-16 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
−40.81%
from 2011-04-08 peak |
−89.28%
2016-01-19 from 2011-04-08 peak |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Tue 2026-06-16 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × | +61.32% |
+168.50% +63.86%/yr |
+195.27% +43.46%/yr |
+94.91% +14.28%/yr |
+141.20% +9.20%/yr |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
