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 +13.19% over the past year and −3.06% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 11, 2009, GDXJ is up +2.42% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.14%/yr, and is currently −40.89% below its real total-return high on Apr. 8, 2011.

Data ending Fri Oct. 9, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 2009-11-11💬 to Fri 2026-10-09 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
GDXJ × 		+2.42%
+0.14%/yr 		−3.31%/yr
R2=0.098
VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 2009-11-11💬 to Fri 2026-10-09 Start
Value 		End
Value
GDXJ × 		$10,000.00
2009-11-11 		$10,241.51
2026-10-09

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-09

  YTD YoY
GDXJ × 		−3.06% +13.19%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
GDXJ × 		−40.89%
on 2026-10-09
from 2011-04-08 peak 		−89.28%
on 2016-01-19
from 2011-04-08 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-09 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
GDXJ × 		+13.19% +137.13%
+53.99%/yr 		+239.37%
+50.28%/yr 		+148.39%
+19.96%/yr 		+152.36%
+9.70%/yr

Annual Returns

Year GDXJ
2026 (YTD) −3.06%
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%