SPDR® Gold Trust is an investment trust. The Trust holds gold and from time to time issues SPDR® Gold Shares in Baskets in exchange for deposits of gold and distributes gold in connection with redemptions of Baskets. The GLD stock yearly return is shown above.
The yearly return on the GLD stock yearly return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the annual return over the calendar year 2012 for the given stock.
When performing this calculation it is important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's annual return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon.
One way to factor dividends into the return is simply to count them as cash — we don't do
that here. Instead, our website aims to empower investors
by performing the GLD annual return calculation with any dividends reinvested as applicable (on ex-dates).
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