gold ETFs

Precious metals and the relevant exchange-traded funds, such as the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD) and the iShares Silver Trust (ETF) (NYSE: SLV), were spared the drama and subsequent negative outcome of higher interest rates when the Federal Reserve stood pat again following its meeting last...

Gold is not bereft of volatility, but the yellow metal is often thought as a hedge against equity market turbulence. Treasury yields rest near historic lows and the Federal Reserve has yet to raise interest rates this year. In other words, 2016 has been a pretty year for equities and fixed income...

Gold prices have been on a tear in 2016, making for some happy investors. However, some gold investors are happier than others. The price of gold has jumped 27.0 percent since the beginning of the year. In that same time, the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD) is up 24.9 percent. The Market Vectors...

SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD), the world's largest bullion-backed exchange-traded product, is up 24.4 percent year-to-date, while the ETF that acts as a proxy for the U.S. Dollar Index is off 4.5 percent. And for some investors, the equation is that simple. Gold rises when the dollar falls...

Buoyed by low interest rates and an (until recently) weaker dollar, gold has been one of this year's hottest assets. But with the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD) up more than 27 percent year-to-date, some investors are probably wondering if it is too late to integrate bullion into their...

In what has been a rough year for European financial services stocks and a banner year for gold miners shares, some traders might be looking to make contrarian bets. Direxion, the second-largest issuer of inverse and leveraged exchange-traded funds, is there to oblige with two new ETFs targeting...

Past performance is never a guarantee of future returns, but some of the exchange-traded funds that delivered for investors in the first half of the year could continue doing so in the second half. What worked for investors in the first half of 2016 includes, most notably, fixed income and gold...

Count the Sprott Gold Miners ETF (ALPS ETF Trust (NYSE: SGDM)) among this year's high-flying gold miners exchange-traded funds. SGDM, which is just a few days shy of its second anniversary, is up more than 114 percent year-to-date. Hooray For Gold SGDM's underlying index “seeks to...

With the Summer Olympics right around the corner, the public will be reminded of another slight to silver: It is the medal awarded to second-place finishers in various events. In the investment world this year, silver is far from a runner-up. Talk About Some Awesome Returns The iShares Silver Trust...

Gold has been a predictable beneficiary of the Brexit outcome, which in turn is predictably benefiting already scorching hot gold miners stocks and exchange-traded funds. That includes leveraged fare such as the Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X Shares (Direxion Shares Exchange Traded Fund Trust (...

The SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD), the world's largest exchange-traded fund backed by physical holdings of gold, is up 15.3 percent this year. GLD is also one of this year's top ETFs in terms of new assets added. How's Gold Doing? However, some of the air has come out of the gold trade...

The SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD) and the iShares Gold Trust(ETF) (NYSE: IAU) are each up more than 20 percent this year. Not only that, but the two gold exchange-traded funds are raking in new assets at a fevered pace. Gold's Golden Promises GLD, the world's largest gold ETF, has seen $8.1...

This is how things are going for gold exchange-traded funds this year. Physically-backed ETFs, such as the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD), have been good. Gold mining ETFs have been better. A lot better. For example, the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX), is up 73.1 percent year-to-date...

It is not a secret that gold and silver miners exchange-traded funds are topping their physically-backed counterparts in significant fashion this year. For example, the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX), the largest gold miners ETF, is up about 65 percent year-to-date, or more than triple...

The SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD), the world's largest exchange-traded fund backed by physical holdings of gold, has tumbled in the past two trading sessions as investors have embraced riskier assets, but two days of ebullience for equities does not guarantee a lasting trend. A volatile...