iShares Gold Strategy ETF (IAUF)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg Composite Gold Index. The IAUF ETF contains constituents. It is focused on holdings in the region.
Price $49.55 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | |
| Expense ratio | 0.25% |
| Average spread | 0.222% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.472% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -1.8% | 6.1% | 1.4% | -2.2% | -3.3% | -1.6% | -2.6% | -3.0% | -2.9% | -1.7% | -11.5% | ||
| 2021 | -3.2% | -6.2% | -1.6% | 3.5% | 7.8% | -7.2% | 2.4% | -0.1% | -3.3% | 1.5% | -0.6% | 3.0% | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 4.1% | -0.7% | -0.9% | 7.1% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 9.9% | -0.7% | -4.4% | -0.8% | -5.8% | 7.1% | 20.4% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | -0.5% | -1.7% | -0.6% | 1.7% | 8.0% | 0.1% | 7.7% | -3.5% | 2.4% | -3.2% | 4.2% | 17.6% |
| 2018 | -2.1% | -1.9% | -1.9% | 3.5% | -0.4% | 4.9% | 2.1% | ||||||
| 2.0% | -1.3% | -2.7% | 7.8% | 8.6% | 2.0% | 7.7% | 2.0% | -15.9% | 4.9% | -9.9% | 19.2% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4.47 | 4.47 | |||||||||||
| 2019 | 5.26 | 5.26 | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 0.37 | 0.37 | |||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.11 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| MUTUAL FUND (OTHER) | 78.61% |
| iShares Gold Trust | 17.96% |
| U.S. Dollar | 3.43% |
| Top 3 Weights | 100.00% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| IAUF | IAUM | NUBD | PBND | UGL | WGLD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | iShares Gold Strategy ETF | iShares Gold Trust Micro ETF | NuShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | PowerShares PureBeta US Aggregate Bond Portfolio | Ultra Gold ETF | Wilshire wShares Enhanced Gold Trust |
| Issuer | iShares | iShares | Nuveen | Invesco | ProShares | wShares |
| Price | $49.55 | $16.25 | $21.055 | $21.051 | $44.75 | $16.097 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.25% |  0.15% | 0.15% | 0.05% |  0.95% | 0.65% |
| Average Spread | 0.222% | 0.062% | 0.047% | 0.095% | 0.067% | 0.248% |
| AUM | $27,125,900 | $721,315,000 | $214,463,000 | $18,973,700 | $174,749,000 | $1,631,450 |
| Shares | 547,445 | 44,388,610 | 10,185,830 | 901,321 | 3,905,009 | 101,351 |
| Average Daily Volume | 2,419 | 89,300 | 57,950 | 14,667 | 111,397 | 71 |
| Home page | Visit external site | Visit external site | Visit external site | Visit external site | Visit external site | Visit external site |
| Inception Date | 2018-06-06 | 2021-06-15 | 2017-09-29 | 2017-09-29 | 2008-12-01 | 2021-02-17 |
| Index Tracked | Bloomberg Composite Gold Index | Gold Spot | Bloomberg MSCI US Aggregate ESG Select Index | ICE BofAML US Broad Market Index | Bloomberg Gold Subindex | Wilshire Gold Index |
| Category | Precious Metals | n/a | Total Bond Market | Total Bond Market | Leveraged Commodities | Precious Metals |
| Asset Class | Commodity | Commodity | Bond | Bond | Commodity | Commodity |
| Asset Class Size | ||||||
| Value or Growth | ||||||
| Region | ||||||
| Countries | Broad | U.S. | U.S. | Broad | ||
| Annual Dividend Rate | $0 | $0 | $0.544 | $0.491 | $0 | $0 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.000% | 0.000% | 0.026% | 0.023% | 0.000% | 0.000% |
| Number of Holdings | 925 | 402 | ||||
| YTD Return | -11.27% | -11.20% | -16.57% | -16.60% | -25.18% | -10.56% |
| Beta | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.02 | -0.15 | 0.33 |
| Upside Beta | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.00 | -0.01 | 0.84 | -0.22 |
| Downside Beta | 0.43 | -0.29 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.21 | -0.44 |
| Volatility 1Y | 14.64% | 14.02% | 7.17% | 6.92% | 28.86% | 13.21% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.74 | -1.76 | -0.18 | 0.00 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | 0.00 | -0.26 | -0.31 | 0.03 | 0.00 |