Gold ETFs in hard asset flight
Physical gold. Driven by interest rates after inflation, the dollar and central bank buying.
12ETFs in this category
$244.6bnmoney in them
67.7%of hard asset flight’s money
GLDlargest unleveraged ETF, 55.1%
How they did, to Nov 2, 2026
| 1 month | YTD | 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category median | −4.9% | −8.6% | −1.6% |
| Its story | −6.9% | −7.5% | +3.4% |
| Broad US ETFs | −2.5% | +11.5% | +11.8% |
Every ETF here, largest first
| # | ETF | Name | Assets | Share | 12 months | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GLD | SPDR Gold Shares | $134.8bn | 55.1% | −1.8% | 0.40% |
| 2 | IAU | iShares Gold Trust | $59.8bn | 24.5% | −1.6% | 0.25% |
| 3 | GLDM | SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust | $30.5bn | 12.5% | −1.5% | 0.10% |
| 4 | IAUM | iShares Gold Trust Micro | $8.1bn | 3.3% | −1.5% | 0.09% |
| 5 | SGOL | abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF | $6.9bn | 2.8% | −1.5% | 0.17% |
| 6 | OUNZ | VanEck Merk Gold ETF | $2.6bn | 1.1% | −1.6% | 0.25% |
| 7 | BAR | GraniteShares Gold Trust | $1.3bn | 0.5% | −1.6% | 0.17% |
| 8 | GDE | WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Equity Strategy Fund | $393m | 0.2% | +3.1% | 0.20% |
| 9 | RSSX | Return Stacked U.S. Stocks Gold/Bitcoin ETF | $106m | 0.0% | −4.7% | 0.67% |
| 10 | BGLD | FT Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer ETF | $54m | 0.0% | −4.1% | 0.91% |
| 11 | YGLD | Simplify Gold Strategy ETF | $31m | 0.0% | −21.2% | 0.62% |
| 12 | YSAU | Y'all Street Physical Gold ETF | $7m | 0.0% | – | 0.24% |
Other categories in hard asset flight
Common questions
Which ETFs are gold ETFs?12 US ETFs sit in this category of hard asset flight. Physical gold. Driven by interest rates after inflation, the dollar and central bank buying.
What is the largest gold ETF?GLD, SPDR Gold Shares, with $134.8bn, 55.1% of the category's money.
How have gold ETFs performed?The median unleveraged ETF here returned -1.6% over the last 12 months to Nov 2, 2026, against +11.8% for broad US ETFs. Past performance, not a forecast.