All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
GLD real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, GLD returned +30.75% over the past year and +1.06% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 18, 2004, GLD is up +431.80% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.07%/yr, and is currently −18.96% below its real total-return high on Jan. 29, 2026.
| Thu 2004-11-18💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLD × |
+1.06%
2026-05-28 |
+30.75%
2026-05-28 |
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| SPDR Gold Shares Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Thu 2004-11-18💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLD × |
+431.80%
+8.07%/yr |
+4.28%/yr
(R2=0.555) |
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| SPDR Gold Shares Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Thu 2004-11-18💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLD × |
$10,000.00
2004-11-18 |
$53,179.54
2026-05-28 |
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| Year | GLD |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +1.06% |
| 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% |
| Thu 2004-11-18💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLD × |
−18.96%
from 2026-01-29 peak |
−47.98%
2015-12-17 from 2011-08-22 peak |
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| Period ending Thu 2026-05-28 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLD × | +30.75% |
+77.87% +33.40%/yr |
+107.68% +27.52%/yr |
+86.37% +13.26%/yr |
+156.66% +9.88%/yr |
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| SPDR Gold Shares Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
