GLD
SPDR Gold Shares
The investment objective of the Trust is for SPDR Gold Shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the Trust's expenses.
Precious Metals
COMMODITY
Passive
MANAGEMENT STYLE
77.9 B
ASSETS UNDER MGMT
40 bp
EXPENSES
Fund Basics
Fund sponsor | SSGA Funds Management, Inc. |
Category | Precious Metals |
Asset class | Commodity |
Website | link... |
Inception date | Nov 18, 2004 |
Assets (mns) | $77,465 |
Expense ratio | 40 bp |
Fund Structure
Regulation | Grantor Trust |
Distributions | |
Taxation | 1099 |
Derivatives-based | No |
Options available | Yes |
Currency hedged | No |
Fund of funds | No |
Asset Allocation
Historical Performance
Standardized Performance (as of 01/31/2025)
YTD | 1 YR | 2 YR | 3 YR | 5 YR | 10 YR | Incep. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Returns | 6.8% | 37.2% | 20.0% | 15.4% | 11.6% | 7.7% | 9.1% | Volatility | 12.5% | 15.4% | 14.3% | 14.6% | 15.6% | 14.1% | 17.5% |
Market Correlations
versus... | Beta | R-squared |
S&P 500 | 0.16 | 5% |
MSCI EAFE | 0.31 | 16% |
MSCI Emg Mkts | 0.42 | 31% |
Liquidity Measures
Avg. volume (000) | 7,258 |
Turnover | 0.0% |
Avg. Bid/Ask (% of price) | 0.01% |
ADV of underlying (mns) | $0 |
Technical Indicators
Recent close | $259.94 |
30d moving avg. | $247.62 |
Annualized volatility | 13.3% |
Relative strength (RSI) | 61 |
Short interest (ETF) | 0.0% |
Short interest (underlying) | 0.0% |
Distributions
Assets Under Management (mns)
Money Flows (mns)
Short Interest (as % of shares outstanding)
Long Money Flows (mns)
Expense Analysis
Peer Group | Passive Precious Metals Commodity ETFs |
# of ETFs | 10 |
Avg. Expense Ratio | 37.7 bp |
Std. Deviation | 18 bp |
GLD (40 bp) Percentile rank | 55 |
Peer Group Expense Ratio Distribution
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Comparison
Expense (bp) (A) |
Avg. Bid/Ask (bp) (B) |
TCO (bp) (A)+(B) |
|
---|---|---|---|
GLD | 40.0 | 0.6 | 40.6 |
Peer Avg. | 41.9 | 12.0 | 53.8 |
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