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iShares Gold Trust

iShares · US4642852044

iShares Gold Trust is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from iShares, traded under the ticker IAU (ISIN US4642852044). It lets you buy a basket of holdings in a single trade, spreading your money across them rather than one company. In plain terms it is about tracking physical commodities like gold or oil, which often move differently from shares and are used…

Commodity ?Unknown Physical ?
Low yearly feeOwns the shares directlyOther
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Fund size (AUM) ?
€0
1-year return ?
+21.3%
Price Return · to 2026-07-29
Yearly fee (TER) ?
0.25%
All-in cost ≈ 0.00%

About this fund

How it works

The fund actually buys every share in the index it tracks (full replication).

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Owning every holding keeps things transparent — what is in the index is what the fund actually owns. It can be a touch costlier to run for indexes with thousands of tiny positions, since the fund has to buy and maintain them all. There is no swap bank involved, so there is no extra “what if the partner fails” question to weigh.

Cost

0.25%Yearly fee (TER)
0.00%All-in cost

The yearly running cost of the fund, shown as a % of your money. Lower is cheaper.

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For example, a 0.20% fee works out at €0.20 a year for every €100 invested — that’s a generic illustration of the mechanic, not this fund’s own fee. It is skimmed quietly from inside the fund a little each day, so you never get a bill — but it drags on your return every year you hold. On a broad index ETF it is usually a small fraction of a percent; the gap between a cheap and a pricey fund looks tiny on day one but compounds over decades, which is why it is worth a glance.

Fund facts

Replication ?
Physical
Full — buys every share
Launched
Jan 2005
21-year track record

Performance

91.2123155187219202420252026

Growth of $100 invested — both lines start at $100.

iShares Gold Trust Average peer fund (funds we track) ?

Compared with the average fund tracking the same index — our own data, not the licensed index itself.

YTD-6.3%
1 year+21.3%
3 years+27.0%
5 years+17.1%

Return, year by year

-0.6
+12.8
+26.9
+64.0
'22'23'24'25
3 of 4 up yearsBest: 2025 +64.0%Worst: 2022 -0.6%Calendar-year total returns, in USD

How bumpy has it been?

27.9%
Volatility (1y) ?
How much the price swings year to year — lower is calmer.
-26.4%
Worst drop (3y) ?
The biggest fall from a peak over the last three years.
1.31
Return for the risk (3y) ?
Reward earned per unit of bumpiness.

The bigger picture

+124.9%
Since inception
Total growth since launch — about +17.3% a year.
+95.3%
Best 12 months
The strongest one-year stretch on record.
-11.8%
Worst 12 months
The weakest one-year stretch on record.
-26.4%
Worst fall on record ?
It has not fully recovered yet.

Where to buy this fund

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Where it trades

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NYSEIAUUSD★ Primary
EUR listings
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For serious comparison — full data holdings, percentiles, advanced risk, tilt, flows

How it ranks vs peers

🪙 Cheaper than 74% of similar ETFs📈 Higher 1-yr return than 19%📈 Higher 3-yr return than 62%📈 Higher 5-yr return than 50%📊 Behind its category by 16.2% (1-yr) (category average +37.5%)📊 Beat its category by 7.9% (3-yr) (category average +19.1%)📊 Beat its category by 3.7% (5-yr) (category average +13.4%)

Versus the Commodities · Other · USD ETFs we track.

Advanced risk

1.84
Sortino (3y) ?
1.02
Calmar (3y) ?
20.9%
Downside deviation ?
67%
Up months (hit rate) ?
$101.57
52-week high ?
$61.62
52-week low ?

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Why it's similarThis is the fund on this page.
CommoditiesUnknownPhysical
CommoditiesPhysicalCheaper fee
CommoditiesUnknownPhysicalCheaper fee
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CommoditiesPhysicalCheaper fee
CommoditiesUnknownPhysical
Index trackedLBMA Gold Price PMLondon Bullion Market Association (LBMA) Gold PriceLBMA Gold Price PMLMBA Gold Price PM USDS&P Metals & Mining Select Industry Index
Yearly fee (TER)0.25%0.40%0.12%0.10%0.12%0.23%0.35%
All-in cost0.00%0.00%0.13%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Fund size€0€123.5B€29.1B€26.6B€10.4B€5.2B€3.9B
DomicileUnited StatesIrelandUnited StatesFranceSwitzerlandUnited States
ReplicationPhysical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)
3-yr return p.a.+27.0%+31.5%+26.1%+34.4%+29.3%+32.6%
5-yr return p.a.+17.1%+19.3%+18.2%+20.8%+20.1%+23.4%
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Data as of 2026-07-29 · Source: issuer data, compiled by Finance Hamster

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