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GDGB.L · VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF
Over the last 9 years (2017-07 to 2026-10), £10,000 invested in GDGB.L with dividends reinvested grew to £38,229, 15.45% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -35.67%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
All figures on this page are in British pounds (GBP), the currency GDGB.L trades in.
Growth of £10,000 · 2017-07 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested
How GDGB.L held up in past market crashes
GDGB.L has been through 3 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 35.5% in the 2022 bear market, when the S&P 500 fell 25.4%. It took 22 months from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | GDGB.L deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -9.0% | -20.2% | Oct 2018 to Nov 2018 | 1 months |
| 2020 COVID crash | -30.7% | -34.1% | Feb 2020 to Mar 2020 | 1 months |
| 2022 bear market | -35.5% | -25.4% | Apr 2022 to Sep 2022 | 22 months |
Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.
About GDGB.L
VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF is an exchange-traded fund that provides investors with targeted exposure to the gold mining sector by tracking the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index, which measures the performance of companies involved in gold mining and related activities. Launched on March 25, 2015, and domiciled in Ireland, the ETF employs a physical replication strategy and is currency unhedged with USD as its fund currency, accumulating dividends rather than distributing them.
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