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

Total Real Returns

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

IAU real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, IAU returned +31.60% over the past year and +1.44% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 28, 2005, IAU is up +467.42% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.49%/yr, and is currently āˆ’18.65% below its real total-return high on Jan. 29, 2026.

Fri 2005-01-28? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
IAU × 		+1.44%
2026-05-22 		+31.60%
2026-05-22
iShares Gold Trust Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Fri 2005-01-28? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
IAU × 		+467.42%
+8.49%/yr 		+4.30%/yr
(R2=0.559)
iShares Gold Trust Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2005-01-28? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value 		End
Value
IAU × 		$10,000.00
2005-01-28 		$56,741.69
2026-05-22
iShares Gold Trust Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year IAU
2026 (YTD) +1.44%
2025 +59.68%
2024 +23.30%
2023 +9.18%
2022 āˆ’6.67%
2021 āˆ’10.31%
2020 +23.35%
2019 +15.35%
2018 āˆ’3.60%
2017 +10.57%
2016 +6.11%
2015 āˆ’11.23%
2014 āˆ’2.79%
2013 āˆ’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%

Drawdowns

Fri 2005-01-28? to Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
IAU × 		āˆ’18.65%
from 2026-01-29 peak 		āˆ’47.66%
2015-12-02
from 2011-08-22 peak
iShares Gold Trust Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
IAU × 		+31.60% +77.30%
+33.18%/yr 		+106.53%
+27.34%/yr 		+90.36%
+13.73%/yr 		+152.71%
+9.71%/yr
iShares Gold Trust Exchange-Traded Fund