| AAAU | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +264.8% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +17.3% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +16.0% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 1.09 |
| Deepest drawdown | -26.3% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2026-01-29 → 2026-07-16 |
Over the 8.1 years to 2026-09-21 the fund returned +264.8% in total (+17.3% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -26.3% from 2026-01-29 to 2026-07-16. Its worst calendar year was 2021 (-4.0%), its best 2025 (+64.1%).
| Year | AAAU |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.7% |
| 2025 | +64.1% |
| 2024 | +26.9% |
| 2023 | +13.0% |
| 2022 | -0.5% |
| 2021 | -4.0% |
| 2020 | +25.0% |
| 2019 | +18.2% |
| 2018 | +9.2% |
It does not say AAAU is a good or bad fund, and it is not a forecast. Returns above are history: they already include dividends and already exclude the fund's own fees. A drawdown of -26.3% means an investor who bought at the peak would have watched that much value disappear before it recovered — how long that takes is the part most tables leave out.
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