The investment objective of the Trust is for SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the Trust’s expenses.
The spot price for gold bullion is determined by market forces in the 24-hour global over-the-counter (OTC) market for gold. The OTC market accounts for most global gold trading, and prices quoted reflect the information available to the market at any given time. The price, holdings, and net asset value of the Gold Shares, as well as market data for the overall gold bullion market, can be tracked daily at spdrgoldshares.com.
What is the Best Gold Bullion ETF?
- AAAU: Goldman Sachs Physical Gold ETF
- BAR: GraniteShares Gold Trust
- GLD: SPDR Gold Shares
- GLDM: SPDR Gold MiniShares
- IAU: iShares Gold Trust
- IAUF: iShares Gold Strategy ETF
- IAUM: iShares Gold Trust Micro
- OUNZ: VanEck Merk Gold Trust
- PHYS: Sprott Physical Gold Trust
- SGOL: abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF
Here is a table comparing similar gold bullion ETFs as of November 30, 2023.
| Manager |  |  | |  |  | |
| ETF | SGOL | IAU | IAUM | AAAU | GLD | GLDM |
| Inception | 2009-09-09 | 2005-01-21 | 2021-06-15 | 2018-07-26 | 2004-11-18 | 2018-06-25 |
| MER | 0.17% | 0.25% | 0.07% | 0.18% | 0.40% | 0.10% |
| AUM | $2,582,221,218 | $25,492,357,576 | $931,025,618 | $576,500,000 | $57,469,880,000 | $5,878,620,000 |
| 1Y | 15.88% | 15.79% | 16.00% | 15.86% | 15.62% | 15.96% |
| 3Y | 4.74% | 4.65% | N/A | 4.72% | 4.50% | 4.78% |
| 5Y | 10.64% | 10.54% | N/A | 10.62% | 10.38% | 10.65% |
| 10Y | 4.68% | 4.71% | N/A | N/A | 4.55% | N/A |
