All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
IAU real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, IAU returned +18.90% over the past year and −5.79% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 28, 2005, IAU is up +426.99% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.09%/yr, and is currently −24.45% below its real total-return high on Jan. 29, 2026.
Data ending Fri Jun. 12, 2026
| Fri 2005-01-28💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAU × |
−5.79%
2026-06-12 |
+18.90%
2026-06-12 |
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| iShares Gold Trust NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Fri 2005-01-28💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAU × |
+426.99%
+8.09%/yr |
+4.33%/yr
(R2=0.563) |
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| iShares Gold Trust NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Fri 2005-01-28💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAU × |
$10,000.00
2005-01-28 |
$52,698.85
2026-06-12 |
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| iShares Gold Trust NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | IAU |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −5.79% |
| 2025 | +59.68% |
| 2024 | +23.30% |
| 2023 | +9.18% |
| 2022 | −6.67% |
| 2021 | −10.31% |
| 2020 | +23.35% |
| 2019 | +15.35% |
| 2018 | −3.60% |
| 2017 | +10.57% |
| 2016 | +6.11% |
| 2015 | −11.23% |
| 2014 | −2.79% |
| 2013 | −29.31% |
| 2012 | +5.07% |
| 2011 | +6.41% |
| 2010 | +27.55% |
| 2009 | +20.62% |
| 2008 | +5.01% |
| 2007 | +25.23% |
| 2006 | +19.27% |
| 2005 | +17.38% |
| Fri 2005-01-28💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAU × |
−24.45%
from 2026-01-29 peak |
−47.66%
2015-12-02 from 2011-08-22 peak |
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| iShares Gold Trust NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-06-12 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAU × | +18.90% |
+68.93% +29.97%/yr |
+93.65% +24.64%/yr |
+78.25% +12.26%/yr |
+130.71% +8.72%/yr |
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| iShares Gold Trust NYSE Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
