Physically Held ETF Overview

With 20 ETFs traded on the U.S. markets, Physically Held ETFs have total assets under management of $109.49B. The average expense ratio is 0.42%. Physically Held ETFs can be found in the following asset classes:

  • Commodities

The largest Physically Held ETF is the SPDR Gold Trust GLD with $57.94B in assets. In the last trailing year, the best-performing Physically Held ETF was IAUM at 0.13%. The most recent ETF launched in the Physically Held space was the Sprott ESG Gold ETF SESG on 08/02/22.

Top ETF Performers

SESG Sprott ESG Gold ETF 8.20%
OUNZ VanEck Merk Gold Trust 8.17%
AAAU Goldman Sachs Physical Gold ETF 8.15%
FGLD Franklin Responsibly Sourced Gold ETF 8.15%
GLDM SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust 8.14%

Bottom ETF Performers

PALL Aberdeen Standard Physical Palladium Shares ETF -2.81%
SLVO Credit Suisse X-Links Silver Shares Covered Call ETN 2.23%
PPLT abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF 3.93%
PLTM GraniteShares Platinum Trust 4.05%
GLDI Credit Suisse X-Links Gold Shares Covered Call ETN 4.08%

Top Creations

GLDM SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust 74.35
FGLD Franklin Responsibly Sourced Gold ETF 52.56
SLV iShares Silver Trust 36.00
PALL Aberdeen Standard Physical Palladium Shares ETF 20.33
OUNZ VanEck Merk Gold Trust 10.89

Top Redemptions

IAU iShares Gold Trust -417.57
IAUM iShares Gold Trust Micro -191.00
GLD SPDR Gold Trust -73.77
SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF -21.29
GLTR abrdn Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares ETF -8.75

AUM Winners

FGLD Franklin Responsibly Sourced Gold ETF 120.69%
PLTM GraniteShares Platinum Trust 88.19%
BGLD FT Cboe Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer ETF 11.97%
SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF 8.21%
SGOL abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF 7.76%

AUM Losers

AAAU Goldman Sachs Physical Gold ETF -18.67%
SLVO Credit Suisse X-Links Silver Shares Covered Call ETN -10.85%
GLDI Credit Suisse X-Links Gold Shares Covered Call ETN -4.80%
PPLT abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF -2.31%
PALL Aberdeen Standard Physical Palladium Shares ETF -1.42%

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