$1,000 invested SPDR Gold Shares (2016)
NYSE · GLD · reinvest dividends · adjusted close
●Result2016-01-04 — 2026-10-15
Today you would have
$3,720
+$2,720 (+271.96%)
GLDSPY (benchmark)
- Entry price
- $102.89
- Current price
- $382.71
- Shares
- 9.7191
- CAGR
- +12.96%
- Max Drawdown
- -26.21%
- vs SPY
- -82.28 pp
✦The story
Investing $1,000 in SPDR Gold Shares at the start of 2016 would have grown to $3,720 by mid-2026, a total return of +272.0%. Over the decade the ETF simply followed the price of gold, with a maximum drawdown of 26.2% along the way — milder than many individual stocks. Still, the S&P 500's +354.2% over the same period came out ahead.
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