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5 Best Gold ETFs to Buy and Hold: IAUM vs GLDM vs BAR vs AAAU vs IAU 1.7

  • Asset Class: Gold

  • Long-Term Performance: 7.49% CAGR

  • Correlation to U.S. Markets: 0.03

  • U.S. Large Cap Blend Performance (S&P 500): 10.62% CAGR

  • Back test timeframe: January 1972 – February 2024

  • Oldest ETF back tested: SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)

  • Long-Term Performance: 7.73% CAGR

  • Correlation to U.S. Markets: 0.09

  • S&P 500 Performance: 9.97% CAGR

  • Back test timeframe: December 2004 – February 2024

  • Number of ETFs available in this asset class: 8

  • Number of ETFs in this asset class that are 1-year old or older: 8

Gold vs S&P 500: January 1972 – February 2024

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A Comparison of the 7 Physical Gold ETFs 1.5

  • Gold can be an excellent component of a diversified portfolio due to its low correlation to other asset classes
  • Gold has maintained its value against the backdrop of inflation, though it does move in synch with decreases or increases in the rate of inflation
  • Physical gold ETFs have made incorporating gold into an investment portfolio much easier, cheaper and potentially more profitable
  • There are 87 commodities focused currently available in the U.S.
  • Many of these ETFs are linked to the price of gold, but there are only 7 ETFs directly tied to the spot price of physical gold
  • This article will focus on those 7 Physical Gold ETFs

The reason that I and many other investors invest in gold is that it has near zero correlation to other major asset classes.

Gold ETF correlation to other Assets: 

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