$1,000 in SPDR Gold Shares in 2025 → $1,709 today
If you'd invested $1,000 in SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) on January 1, 2025 — at the December 2024 month-end close of $242 — and held to the latest close (2026-08-), you'd have $1,709. That's a +70.9% total return — beating the S&P 500, where the same $1,000 became $1,311.
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FAQ
How much is $1,000 invested in GLD in 2025 worth today?
$1,000 invested in SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) at the month-end close of 2024-12- would be worth $1,709 at the latest month-end close (2026-08-), a total return of +70.9% with dividends reinvested.
Did $1,000 in GLD in 2025 beat the market?
Over the same span, $1,000 in the S&P 500 index would be worth $1,311 — so SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) beat the index by +30.4%.
What does "month-end close" mean for this calculation?
The scenario invests at the December 2024 month-end close (the price entering 2025) and values the position at the most recent month-end close (2026-08-). Intra-month extremes are shown on the GLD calculator page.
Is the 2025–2026 return in GLD typical?
No single year is typical. GLD's best calendar-year return since 2004 was about +63.7%, and its worst was -28.3%.
Methodology
SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) total-return data from January 2025 through the latest month-end close (2026-08-).
The entry price is the 2024 December month-end close and the exit is the latest available month-end close, both from adjusted (split and dividend) Yahoo Finance historical data.
Month-end resolution, no taxes or fees, and history never guarantees the future. For exact-date precision (including buying at a panic low), use the GLD calculator page.
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Data: Yahoo Finance. As of 2026-08-. Not financial advice.