Gold: year-to-date return
Each year starts at 1.0 on the previous Dec 31 close — see where the current year sits versus history.
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ROI = price ÷ previous Dec 31 close. Incomplete years (dashed) are left out of averages and ranges.
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2026 year to date: −3.9% · 22nd of 26 years
Gold is down 3.9% in 2026 as of Oct 15: 22nd of 26 years at this point since 2001. In the median year it was up 10.9% by this date.
Measured from the previous Dec 31 close. Price only.
Gold: return by year
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (to Oct 15) | −3.9% |
| 2025 | +64.4% |
| 2024 | +27.5% |
| 2023 | +13.5% |
| 2022 | −0.1% |
| 2021 | −3.5% |
| 2020 | +24.7% |
| 2019 | +18.9% |
| 2018 | −2.1% |
| 2017 | +13.6% |
| 2016 | +8.5% |
| 2015 | −10.4% |
| 2014 | −1.5% |
| 2013 | −28.2% |
| 2012 | +7.0% |
| 2011 | +10.2% |
| 2010 | +29.8% |
| 2009 | +24.0% |
| 2008 | +5.8% |
| 2007 | +31.4% |
| 2006 | +22.8% |
| 2005 | +18.2% |
| 2004 | +5.2% |
| 2003 | +19.6% |
| 2002 | +24.7% |
| 2001 | +2.5% |
| 2000 (since Aug 30) | −0.7% |