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 +74.97% over the past year and −4.76% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 11, 2009, GDXJ is up +0.62% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.04%/yr, and is currently −41.93% below its real total-return high on Apr. 8, 2011.

Wed 2009-11-11? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
GDXJ
×
−4.76%
2026-05-22
+74.97%
2026-05-22
VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Wed 2009-11-11? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
GDXJ
×
+0.62%
+0.04%/yr
−4.10%/yr
(R2=0.147)
VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Wed 2009-11-11? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value
End
Value
GDXJ
×
$10,000.00
2009-11-11
$10,061.97
2026-05-22
VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year GDXJ
2026 (YTD) −4.76%
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%

Drawdowns

Wed 2009-11-11? to Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
GDXJ
×
−41.93%
from 2011-04-08 peak
−89.28%
2016-01-19
from 2011-04-08 peak
VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
GDXJ
×
+74.97% +146.01%
+56.90%/yr
+182.87%
+41.42%/yr
+80.44%
+12.52%/yr
+154.49%
+9.79%/yr
VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund