| QGLDX | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +139.66% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +9.14% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +15.52% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.59 |
| Deepest drawdown | -27.21% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2020-08-06 → 2022-10-20 |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-10-02 the fund returned +139.66% in total (+9.14% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -27.21% from 2020-08-06 to 2022-10-20. Its worst calendar year was 2016 (-13.47%), its best 2025 (+59.85%).
| Year | QGLDX |
|---|---|
| 2026 | -5.14% |
| 2025 | +59.85% |
| 2024 | +24.23% |
| 2023 | +10.32% |
| 2022 | -4.64% |
| 2021 | -6.25% |
| 2020 | +19.28% |
| 2019 | +16.95% |
| 2018 | -4.07% |
| 2017 | +11.40% |
| 2016 | -13.47% |
+139.66% in total, which works out to +9.14% a year over the 10 years to 2026-10-02. Both figures assume dividends were reinvested and the fund's own fees were already deducted, so they are what an investor would have kept — before tax.
2016 — its calendar-year return was -13.47% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2025 (+59.85%).
-27.21%, from a peak on 2020-08-06 to a trough on 2022-10-20. From that trough it took 533 days (about 17.5 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
It does not say QGLDX 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 -27.21% 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.