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 +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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
−4.76%
2026-05-22 |
+74.97%
2026-05-22 |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Wed 2009-11-11? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
+0.62%
+0.04%/yr |
−4.10%/yr
(R2=0.147) |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Wed 2009-11-11? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
$10,000.00
2009-11-11 |
$10,061.97
2026-05-22 |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| 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% |
| Wed 2009-11-11? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
−41.93%
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 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 |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||