SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD) and iShares Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:IAU) hold physical bullion in vaults and track the LBMA spot price minus expenses. Both of these ETFs have delivered nearly identical returns over…
A 58-year-old investor with $100,000 parked in SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:GLD) as a crisis hedge is paying roughly $300 more per year than necessary for the exact same bars of bullion. That…
The SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD) has quietly become one of the largest stories in markets, with the fund now holding roughly $1.2 trillion in net assets after a 36% gain over the…
Gold trades at $427 per share on the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEARCA: GLD), up roughly 46% over the past 12 months, and the next psychological waypoint is $5,000 an ounce. The setup…
Gold has done what gold does best in tough macro stretches. With CPI running at 3.7% and the 10-year Treasury at 4.36%, investors are once again debating which physically backed gold ETF…
State Street’s 2026 Global ETF Outlook revisits its prior-year forecasts and flags a finding most investors glossed over: precious metals returned roughly 50% in 2025, and US precious metals ETFs now hold…
Gold has done exactly what its defenders promised over the past year, and the numbers explain why allocators are revisiting the metal as a real portfolio building block. iShares Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:IAU)…
Gold crossed a threshold last year that most investors had not penciled into their models: IAU returned nearly 49% over the trailing twelve months, outpacing virtually every traditional asset class. That run…
Gold above $5,500 makes expense ratios matter more than ever. When the underlying asset has already delivered 47% gains over the past year, even a fraction of a percent in annual fees…
Gold has had a remarkable run in 2026, but silver has quietly done something more interesting over the past year. The divergence between the two metals is setting up a conversation worth…
Gold crossed $5,000 per ounce for the first time in history in January, but has since pulled back below that threshold and now trades below $4,600 per ounce. For investors who want…
Gold is glittering, and it is time to make the most of it. While last year was a strong year for the precious metal, and has started 2026 even stronger. And after…
Precious metals are normally sleepy, low return investments. Usually the case for owning them is some version of an inflation hedge or building out additional portfolio allocations. But, with a 62% gain…
Interest rate cuts are finally materializing, and growth is expected to slow, with 2026 expected to be a policy transition year. BlackRock ETFs like iShares Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:IAU), iShares Global Consumer Staples…
iShares Gold Trust ETF (NYSEARCA:IAU) had significantly outperformed SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) this year. While SPY has posted impressive gains of nearly 15% year-to-date—making this a stronger-than-average year for the…
