$1,000 invested SPDR Gold Shares (2021)
NYSE · GLD · reinvest dividends · adjusted close
●Result2021-01-04 — 2026-08-28
Today you would have
$2,243
+$1,243 (+124.26%)
GLDSPY (benchmark)
- Entry price
- $182.33
- Current price
- $408.89
- Shares
- 5.4846
- CAGR
- +15.38%
- Max Drawdown
- -26.21%
- vs SPY
- +0.17 pp
✦The story
A $1,000 investment in SPDR Gold Shares in early 2021 was worth $2,243 by mid-2026, a gain of +124.3%. The gold-tracking ETF benefited as demand for the metal pushed prices to new highs in the later part of the period. The S&P 500 returned +124.1% over the same years, slightly ahead of gold.
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