Gold

Gold tracks the price of physical gold bullion. It’s a particularly uncorrelated asset able to pick up the slack when both stocks and bonds falter.

Gold

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Global Gold

ETFs in the United States

Ticker Provider Index Expense Ratio
Notes Definitions
  • +SCB — Total market fund that includes small caps (85% LCB + 15% SCB)
  • +EM — Global fund that includes emerging markets (~90% DEV + 10% EM)
  • -CAN — Excludes Canada (or other specified country normally in the index)
  • Acc — Accumulating
  • Dist — Distributing

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Alternatives

Other options when no gold funds are available

Gold funds are popular worldwide. However if you want to bypass a fund altogether, gold is one of the few investing assets that you can hold in your hand. Gold bullion coins purchased from reputable dealers have long been highly sought by gold investors.

Definition

The Portfolio Charts gold data tracks the price of gold bullion on the open market. It only includes physical gold and does not include mining companies.

Gold is a true global asset where the market crosses all borders. So for investors looking for international diversification, it is definitely worth checking out as an alternative to international stocks and bonds.

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Performance

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Since 1970, an investor in the United States holding global gold earned an average 7.3% real return, with a baseline CAGR of -4.1% over 15 years. Its worst peak-to-trough loss was 77%, and the longest a new investment spent below water was under 45 years.

Global Gold Performance

For an investor in the United States, 1970–2025
# Metric What it measures
7.3% Average return Mean annual return after inflation
-4.1% Baseline real return (15 years) What 15-year stretches returned in the weaker outcomes
77% Deepest drawdown Worst peak-to-trough loss after inflation
45 years Longest drawdown Longest a new investment stayed below what you put in
24.3% Volatility (standard deviation) Year-to-year variation in returns

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Data for all markets and home countries

Gold Data for All Markets and Home Countries

Everything this page knows about gold, as plain text for readers and assistants that cannot use the controls above: first the performance stats for every market and home country, then every index fund on this page by market and home country. The blocks above show one market and one home country at a time; these tables show all of them.

To open this page on a specific market and home country, link readers to it with ?market=MARKET&home=COUNTRY added to the URL, using the codes shown in parentheses — market codes on the rows of the stats tables and in the Market column of the fund tables, home country codes on the stats tables' headings and in the Home countries column of the fund tables (e.g. ?market=glo&home=deu). Either parameter may be omitted; the defaults are the United States for both. The asset itself is fixed by the page, so ?pk= has no effect here. More in the Guide for AI Assistants.

Gold Performance by Market and Home Country

Gold in all 1 market the data tracks, for all 12 home countries, 1970–2025. Each row is one market; each table is one home country.

United States (usa)

Gold Performance by Market and Home Country: United States, 1970–2025
MarketAverageBaselineDeepestLongestVolatility
Global (glo)7.3%-4.1%77%45 years24.3%

Australia (aus)

Gold Performance by Market and Home Country: Australia, 1970–2025
MarketAverageBaselineDeepestLongestVolatility
Global (glo)7.0%-3.4%66%41 years23.6%

Canada (can)

Gold Performance by Market and Home Country: Canada, 1970–2025
MarketAverageBaselineDeepestLongestVolatility
Global (glo)7.8%-3.3%72%41 years23.8%

France (fra)

Gold Performance by Market and Home Country: France, 1970–2025
MarketAverageBaselineDeepestLongestVolatility
Global (glo)6.8%-3.6%70%36 years21.6%

Germany (deu)

Gold Performance by Market and Home Country: Germany, 1970–2025
MarketAverageBaselineDeepestLongestVolatility
Global (glo)6.5%-4.2%74%39 years22.0%

Italy (ita)

Gold Performance by Market and Home Country: Italy, 1970–2025
MarketAverageBaselineDeepestLongestVolatility
Global (glo)6.9%-3.7%73%40 years21.7%

Japan (jpn)

Gold Performance by Market and Home Country: Japan, 1970–2025
MarketAverageBaselineDeepestLongestVolatility
Global (glo)7.6%-5.5%83%41 years29.3%

Netherlands (nld)

Gold Performance by Market and Home Country: Netherlands, 1970–2025
MarketAverageBaselineDeepestLongestVolatility
Global (glo)6.3%-3.9%72%39 years22.4%

Spain (esp)

Gold Performance by Market and Home Country: Spain, 1970–2025
MarketAverageBaselineDeepestLongestVolatility
Global (glo)6.0%-4.6%73%40 years21.2%

Sweden (swe)

Gold Performance by Market and Home Country: Sweden, 1970–2025
MarketAverageBaselineDeepestLongestVolatility
Global (glo)7.7%-3.0%68%32 years22.9%

Switzerland (che)

Gold Performance by Market and Home Country: Switzerland, 1970–2025
MarketAverageBaselineDeepestLongestVolatility
Global (glo)5.5%-4.6%76%44 years22.4%

United Kingdom (gbr)

Gold Performance by Market and Home Country: United Kingdom, 1970–2025
MarketAverageBaselineDeepestLongestVolatility
Global (glo)6.8%-4.7%72%37 years22.3%

Gold Index Funds by Market and Home Country

Every gold index fund on this page: 50 fund listings across 1 market, available to investors in 11 home countries. Each table is one target market (the region the fund invests in); each row is one fund, listed once with every home country it is sold in.

Home country codes: Australia (aus), Canada (can), France (fra), Germany (deu), Italy (ita), Japan (jpn), Netherlands (nld), Spain (esp), Switzerland (che), United Kingdom (gbr), United States (usa).

Global Gold (glo)

Global Gold index funds: 50 funds, with the home countries each is available in
Market ISIN Tickers Provider Index Expense Ratio Dividends Notes Home countries
gloDE000EWG2LD7EWG2Boerse StuttgartPhysical Gold Spot Price0——deu
gloDE000EWG0LD1GOLDBoerse StuttgartPhysical Gold Spot Price0——deu
gloDE000TMG0LD6TMGDBoerse StuttgartPhysical Gold Spot Price0——deu
gloDE000A0S9GB04GLDDeutsche BorsePhysical Gold Spot Price0Accumulating—deu, nld, che, gbr
gloJP30471900081540MAXISPhysical Gold Spot Price0Accumulating—jpn
gloUS46436F1030IAUMiSharesPhysical Gold Spot Price0.09——usa
gloUS98149E3036GLDMState StreetPhysical Gold Spot Price0.1——usa
gloDE000A2T0VU5XGDU, XGDPXtrackersPhysical Gold Spot Price0.11Accumulating—fra, deu, ita, nld, esp, gbr
gloFR0013416716GOLD, AMGOLD, GLDA, GLDDAmundiPhysical Gold Spot Price0.12Accumulating—fra, deu, ita, nld, esp, che, gbr
gloIE00B4ND3602IGLN, EGLN, IGLN.GB, IGLNl, PPFB, SGLN, SGLNlBlackRockPhysical Gold Spot Price0.12Accumulating—fra, deu, ita, nld, esp, gbr
gloIE00B579F325SGLD, 8PSG, 8PSGd, SGLC, SGLDl, SGLP, SGLP.GBInvescoPhysical Gold Spot Price0.12Accumulating—fra, deu, ita, nld, esp, che, gbr
gloJE00BN2CJ301WGLD, GLDWWisdomTreePhysical Gold Spot Price0.12——fra, deu, ita, nld, esp, gbr
gloAU0000328262GXLDGlobal XPhysical Gold Spot Price0.15Distributing—aus
gloAU000PMGOLD8PMGOLDPerth MintPhysical Gold Spot Price0.15Distributing—aus
gloJE00B588CD74SGBS, GZUR, GZURd, SGBS.GB, SGBSm, SGBXWisdomTreePhysical Gold Spot Price0.15Accumulating—fra, deu, ita, nld, esp, gbr
gloCA12562B2093VALT.UCI InvestmentsPhysical Gold Spot Price0.16——can
gloCA12562B1004VALTCI InvestmentsPhysical Gold Spot Price0.16——can
gloCA12562B3083VALT.BCI InvestmentsPhysical Gold Spot Price0.16——can
gloUS00326A1043SGOL, 0IEEabrdnPhysical Gold Spot Price0.17——usa
gloUS38748G1013BARGranitesharesPhysical Gold Spot Price0.17——usa
gloUS38150K1034AAAUGoldman SachsPhysical Gold Spot Price0.18——usa
gloAU0000292930GLDNState StreetPhysical Gold Spot Price0.18Distributing—aus
gloCH0104136236CSGOLD, CSGOLziSharesPhysical Gold Spot Price0.19——che
gloCA05611P2035ZGLDBMOPhysical Gold Spot Price0.2——can
gloCA05611P1045ZGLD.UBMOPhysical Gold Spot Price0.2——can
gloCA74642E3068KILOPurpose InvestmentsPhysical Gold Spot Price0.2——can
gloCA74642E1088KILO.BPurpose InvestmentsPhysical Gold Spot Price0.2——can
gloCA74642E2078KILO.UPurpose InvestmentsPhysical Gold Spot Price0.2——can
gloJP3050630007314AState StreetPhysical Gold Spot Price0.22Distributing—jpn
gloCH0106027193AUUSIUBSPhysical Gold Spot Price0.23——che
gloXS2115336336RMAU, ETCGLDRMAU, RM8U, RMAPHANetf ETC SecuritiesPhysical Gold Spot Price0.25Accumulating—fra, deu, ita, nld, esp, gbr
gloUS4642852044IAUiSharesPhysical Gold Spot Price0.25——usa
gloUS9210781012OUNZMerkPhysical Gold Spot Price0.25——usa
gloDE000A1E0HR8XAD5, XAD5.DXtrackersPhysical Gold Spot Price0.25Accumulating—fra, deu, ita, nld, esp, che, gbr
gloGB00B5840F36XGLD, XGLD.GB, XGLD.LXtrackersPhysical Gold Spot Price0.25Accumulating—fra, deu, ita, nld, esp, che, gbr
gloCH0134034849RGLDO, RGLOZzRaiffeisenPhysical Gold Spot Price0.27——che
gloCH0221616417RGLDOURaiffeisenPhysical Gold Spot Price0.27——che
gloCH0134034930RGLDS, RGLDUzRaiffeisenPhysical Gold Spot Price0.3——che
gloCH1122756740RGRTURaiffeisenPhysical Gold Spot Price0.32——che
gloCH1122756724RGRTRaiffeisenPhysical Gold Spot Price0.32——che
gloJE00B1VS3770PHAU, 1672, PHGP, VZLDWisdomTreePhysical Gold Spot Price0.39Accumulating—fra, deu, ita, jpn, nld, esp, gbr
gloAU00000GOLD7GOLDGlobal XPhysical Gold Spot Price0.4Distributing—aus
gloUS78463V1070GLD, 1326, 2840, 82840, GSD, O87State StreetPhysical Gold Spot Price0.4——jpn, usa
gloCH0139101593ZGLDSwisscantoPhysical Gold Spot Price0.4——che
gloCH0047533549ZGLDUSSwisscantoPhysical Gold Spot Price0.4——che
gloCH0047533523ZGLDEUSwisscantoPhysical Gold Spot Price0.4——che
gloCH0104493298ZGLDGBSwisscantoPhysical Gold Spot Price0.4——che
gloGB00B00FHZ82GBS, GBS.GB, GBSl, GBSp, GBSS, GBSSl, GG9B, GG9Bd, OGG9WisdomTreePhysical Gold Spot Price0.4Accumulating—fra, deu, ita, nld, gbr
gloCA46432D1024CGL.CBlackRockPhysical Gold Spot Price0.5——can
gloJP30464900031328NomuraPhysical Gold Spot Price0.5Distributing—jpn