iShares Gold Trust ETF (IAU)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the Gold Spot. The IAU ETF contains constituents. It is focused on holdings in the region.
Price $30.88 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | |
| Expense ratio | 0.25% |
| Average spread | 0.032% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.282% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -1.7% | 6.1% | 1.4% | -2.1% | -3.2% | -1.6% | -2.5% | -3.0% | -2.9% | -2.1% | -11.6% | ||
| 2021 | -3.2% | -6.3% | -1.1% | 3.6% | 7.6% | -7.0% | 2.5% | -0.1% | -3.2% | 1.6% | -0.7% | 3.4% | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 4.6% | -0.7% | 0.0% | 6.9% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 11.0% | -0.5% | -4.2% | -0.6% | -5.3% | 7.0% | 23.8% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | -0.5% | -1.6% | -0.7% | 1.8% | 7.9% | 0.1% | 7.7% | -3.2% | 2.6% | -3.3% | 3.7% | 17.4% |
| 2018 | 3.3% | -2.0% | 0.6% | -0.9% | -1.3% | -3.5% | -2.3% | -2.0% | -0.6% | 2.1% | 0.3% | 5.0% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 5.3% | 3.2% | -0.2% | 1.7% | -0.1% | -2.1% | 2.3% | 4.1% | -3.2% | -0.8% | 0.3% | 2.1% | 12.5% |
| 2016 | 5.4% | 11.2% | -0.9% | 5.1% | -6.1% | 8.9% | 2.0% | -3.2% | 0.7% | -2.9% | -8.4% | -1.9% | 9.9% |
| 2015 | 8.7% | -5.8% | -2.2% | -0.1% | 0.6% | -1.5% | -6.7% | 3.8% | -1.8% | 2.2% | -6.7% | -0.5% | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | 6.5% | -3.2% | 0.5% | -3.0% | 6.2% | -3.6% | 0.3% | -6.1% | -3.0% | -0.5% | 1.3% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | -0.5% | -5.1% | 1.0% | -7.5% | -6.2% | -10.9% | 7.3% | 5.2% | -4.7% | -0.3% | -5.6% | -3.7% | -31.2% |
| 2012 | 11.5% | -2.9% | -1.3% | -0.2% | -6.3% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 4.8% | 4.8% | -3.0% | -0.5% | -2.4% | 7.9% |
| 2011 | -6.4% | 6.0% | 1.7% | 8.9% | -1.8% | -2.3% | 8.4% | 12.3% | -11.2% | 5.9% | 1.7% | -10.7% | 12.5% |
| 33.1% | 9.6% | -5.9% | 15.0% | -15.4% | -1.0% | 19.6% | 29.4% | -35.6% | 1.8% | -28.6% | 3.3% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Gold | 100.00% |
| Top 1 Weights | 100.00% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| IAU | GLD | GLDM | GTO | IAUM | OUNZ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | iShares Gold Trust ETF | SPDR Gold Shares ETF | SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust | Guggenheim Total Return ETF | iShares Gold Trust Micro ETF | Van Eck Merk Gold Trust ETF |
| Issuer | iShares | SPDR | SPDR | Invesco | iShares | VanEck |
| Price | $30.875 | $151.635 | $32.3336 | $44.5282 | $16.25 | $15.79 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.25% |  0.4% |  0.18% | 0.5% | 0.15% | 0.25% |
| Average Spread | 0.032% | 0.007% | 0.031% | 0.045% | 0.062% | 0.063% |
| AUM | $25,489,100,000 | $51,802,000,000 | $7,843,410,000 | $782,407,000 | $721,315,000 | $525,453,000 |
| Shares | 825,557,185 | 341,623,162 | 242,577,552 | 17,571,050 | 44,388,610 | 33,277,553 |
| Average Daily Volume | 7,349,805 | 6,551,989 | 1,819,911 | 152,506 | 89,300 | 1,110,007 |
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| Inception Date | 2005-01-21 | 2004-11-18 | 2018-06-25 | 2016-02-10 | 2021-06-15 | 2014-05-16 |
| Index Tracked | Gold Spot | Gold Spot | Gold Spot | No Underlying Index | Gold Spot | Gold Spot |
| Category | Precious Metals | Precious Metals | Precious Metals | Total Bond Market | n/a | Precious Metals |
| Asset Class | Commodity | Commodity | Commodity | Bond | Commodity | Commodity |
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| Countries | U.S. | |||||
| Annual Dividend Rate | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1.315 | $0 | $0 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.000% | 0.000% | 0.000% | 0.030% | 0.000% | 0.000% |
| Number of Holdings | 0 | |||||
| YTD Return | -11.30% | -11.30% | -11.07% | -19.22% | -11.20% | -11.19% |
| Beta | 1.01 | 0.56 | 0.47 | 0.16 | 0.22 | 0.66 |
| Upside Beta | 0.76 | 0.57 | 0.32 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.36 |
| Downside Beta | 0.71 | 0.36 | 0.61 | -0.02 | -0.29 | -0.06 |
| Volatility 1Y | 14.15% | 14.09% | 14.09% | 6.65% | 14.02% | 14.15% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.17 | -1.22 | 0.00 | 0.16 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 |