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

Total Real Returns

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

GLD real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, GLD returned +19.50% over the past year and −5.36% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 18, 2004, GLD is up +398.02% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.72%/yr, and is currently −24.11% below its real total-return high on Jan. 29, 2026.

Data ending Wed Jun. 17, 2026

Thu 2004-11-18💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
GLD × 		−5.36%
2026-06-17 		+19.50%
2026-06-17
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Returns

Thu 2004-11-18💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
GLD × 		+398.02%
+7.72%/yr 		+4.31%/yr
(R2=0.559)
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Growth of $10,000

Thu 2004-11-18💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 Start
Value 		End
Value
GLD × 		$10,000.00
2004-11-18 		$49,801.53
2026-06-17
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Annual Returns

Year GLD
2026 (YTD) −5.36%
2025 +59.41%
2024 +23.11%
2023 +9.04%
2022 −6.80%
2021 −10.45%
2020 +23.14%
2019 +15.22%
2018 −3.78%
2017 +10.47%
2016 +5.84%
2015 −11.32%
2014 −2.92%
2013 −29.39%
2012 +4.78%
2011 +6.41%
2010 +27.37%
2009 +20.74%
2008 +4.83%
2007 +25.32%
2006 +19.54%
2005 +13.86%
2004 −0.96%

Drawdowns

Thu 2004-11-18💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
GLD × 		−24.11%
from 2026-01-29 peak 		−47.98%
2015-12-17
from 2011-08-22 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-06-17 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
GLD × 		+19.50% +69.41%
+30.16%/yr 		+94.14%
+24.75%/yr 		+88.85%
+13.56%/yr 		+124.74%
+8.43%/yr
SPDR Gold Shares NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund