The SPDR Gold Trust aims to mirror the market price movements of physical gold bullion, after deducting its operational expenses. This pioneering fund was the first gold exchange-traded fund (ETF) to be introduced in the U.S., and also the initial U.S.-listed ETF to be backed by a tangible asset. For a significant number of investors, the combined expenses of purchasing GLD shares on the secondary market and covering the Trust's continuous fees could be lower than the expenditures associated with directly acquiring, safeguarding, and insuring physical gold within a conventional allocated bullion account.

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SPY is the best-recognized and oldest US listed ETF and typically tops rankings for largest AUM and greatest trading volume. The fund tracks the massively popular US index, the S&P 500. Few realize that S&P's index committee chooses 500 securities to represent the US large-cap space - not necessarily the 500 largest by market cap, which can lead to some omissions of single names. Still, the index offers outstanding exposure to the US large-cap space. It's important to note, SPY is a unit investment trust, an older but entirely viable structure. As a UIT, SPY must fully replicate its index (it probably would anyway) and forgo the small risk and reward of securities lending. It also can`t reinvest portfolio dividends between distributions, the resulting cash drag will slightly hurt performance in up markets and help in downtrends. SPY is a favored vanilla trading vehicle.

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	GLD	SPY
Basics
Name	SPDR® Gold Shares	SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Price	$389.67	$768.56
Category	Commodities Focused	Large Blend
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.09%
Assets	132,481,539	812,049,681
Beta	0.41	1.01
Dividends
Dividend	–	$7.53
Yield	–	0.98%
Frequency	–	Quarterly
Payout ratio	–	25.50%
Dividend CAGR (3y)	–	4.89%
Dividend CAGR (5y)
Dividend CAGR (10y)
Total returns
YTD	-5.59%	13.71%
1y	20.34%	23.56%
3y	27.58%	21.46%
5y	17.16%	13.46%
10y	11.16%	15.40%
1y volatility	27.50%	13.19%
3y volatility	18.53%	13.04%
Sharpe ratio	1.12	1.07
Sector breakdown
Communication services	–	9.71%
Consumer discretionary	–	8.92%
Consumer staples	–	4.84%
Energy	–	3.38%
Financials	–	12.46%
Healthcare	–	9.45%
Industrials	–	7.63%
Materials	–	–
Real estate	–	1.96%
Technology	–	36.86%
Utilities	–	2.60%
Cash & others	100.00%	–

	GLD	SPY
Basics
Name	SPDR® Gold Shares	SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Price	$389.67	$768.56
Category	Commodities Focused	Large Blend
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.09%
Assets	132,481,539	812,049,681
Beta	0.41	1.01
Dividends
Dividend	–	$7.53
Yield	–	0.98%
Frequency	–	Quarterly
Payout ratio	–	25.50%
Dividend CAGR (3y)	–	4.89%
Dividend CAGR (5y)
Dividend CAGR (10y)
Total returns
YTD	-5.59%	13.71%
1y	20.34%	23.56%
3y	27.58%	21.46%
5y	17.16%	13.46%
10y	11.16%	15.40%
1y volatility	27.50%	13.19%
3y volatility	18.53%	13.04%
Sharpe ratio	1.12	1.07
Sector breakdown
Communication services	–	9.71%
Consumer discretionary	–	8.92%
Consumer staples	–	4.84%
Energy	–	3.38%
Financials	–	12.46%
Healthcare	–	9.45%
Industrials	–	7.63%
Materials	–	–
Real estate	–	1.96%
Technology	–	36.86%
Utilities	–	2.60%
Cash & others	100.00%	–

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