iShares Gold Trust (IAU)
Monday’s Trading Day
| 13.57 |  +0.40 / +3.04% |
Data as of May 20 | Day’s Change |
Tuesday’s Pre-Market Switch to standard view »
| 13.38 |  -0.19 / -1.40% |
Volume: 4.9K |
Investment Objective
The investment seeks to replicate, net of expenses, the day-to-day movement of the price of gold bullion. The trust is not an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a commodity pool for purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act. It receives gold deposited with it in exchange for the creation of baskets of iShares, sells gold as necessary to cover the trust's liabilities, and delivers gold in exchange for baskets of iShares surrendered to it for redemption.
Latest IAU News
| Gold, Silver Explode on Huge Reversal (Update 2) May 20 / TheStreet.com | Gold Falls for Fifth Straight Day May 15 / TheStreet.com |
| Gold Prices Fall as Dollar Climbs May 17 / TheStreet.com | Has the gold bull run out of steam? May 06 / CNNMoney.com |
| Gold Slumps for a Sixth-Straight Day May 16 / TheStreet.com |
Performance
| 1 month | -3.63% | 3 years | +4.22% | |
| 3 months | -14.77% | 5 years | +7.73% | |
| 1 year | -14.96% | Since inception | +14.48% |
Data through 05/21/2013
Quote Details
| Previous close | $13.17 |
| Open day’s range | -- – -- |
| Net asset value (NAV) | 13.16 (05/20/2013) |
| Daily volume | 7,763,299 |
| Average volume (3 months) | 9,611,477 |
Data as of 4:00pm ET, 05/20/2013
Peer Comparisonvs. Commodities precious metals ETFs
| IAU | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance 5-yr return | +7.73% | +10.06% |
| Expense Gross exp ratio | 0.25% | 0.59% |
| Risk 5 year sharpe ratio | 0.57 | 0.46 |
| Net assets | $9.2B | $3.3B |
| Average market cap | -- | $2.2B |
| Average P/E | -- | 14.2 |
| Dividend / Share | -- | 0.25% |
Competitors
| SIVR ETFS Physical Silver Shares |
| SGOL ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares |
| USV UBS E-TRACS CMCI Silver Total Return ETN |
Holdings
Top 5 SectorsPortfolio weighting
| Business service | -- |
| Consumer goods | -- |
| Consumer service | -- |
| Energy | -- |
| Financial service | -- |
Top 10 HoldingsPortfolio weighting
| Holdings not available. |