Are CCOR and GLD in the same category?

CCOR is an alternatives ETF and GLD is a commodity ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which returned more over the last year, CCOR or GLD?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CCOR returned +7.6% and GLD +2.8%.

Which is cheaper, CCOR or GLD?

GLD is cheaper, by 0.76 percentage points a year. That is about $76 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Across categories

CCOR vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, CCOR returned +7.6% to GLD's +2.8%, and GLD charges 0.40% to CCOR's 1.16%.

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Net assets: $28m on Jul 31, 2026 for Core Alternative ETF, and $131.3bn on Nov 3, 2026 for SPDR Gold Shares.

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At a glance

+7.6%

CCOR total return, 1 year

+2.8%

GLD total return, 1 year

1.16%

CCOR expense ratio

0.40%

GLD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GLD costs 0.76 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.8 points.

CCOR vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	CCOR	GLD
Return
Measure	CCOR	GLD
Total return, 1 year	+7.6%	+2.8%
Total return, 52 weeks	+7.5%
Drawdown
Measure	CCOR	GLD
Below its high		24.9%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	CCOR	GLD
What it tracks	not published	Gold
Treasury bills, 52 weeks	+3.7%
Against cash	3.9 points ahead
Cost and size
Measure	CCOR	GLD
Expense ratio	1.16%	0.40%
Net assets, CCOR as of Jul 31, 2026 and GLD as of Nov 3, 2026	$28m	$131.3bn
Holdings
Measure	CCOR	GLD
Holdings in common	not published
Risk
Measure	CCOR	GLD
Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns	−0.14
Beta to the S&P 500	−0.10: about 0.10% for each 1%
Its average week when the S&P 500 fell	rose 0.22%
Down-week capture	−20.7%
Weeks the S&P 500 fell	26 of 52, by 1.07% on average

Method

Side by side

CCOR Core Alternative ETF GLD SPDR Gold Shares

Where it sits Alternatives ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Core Alternative State Street

What it is Hedged equity Holds gold

Total return, 1 year +7.6% +2.8%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +2.9% (IAU)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.1 pts vs IAU

Expense ratio 1.16% 0.40%

Net assets, CCOR as of Jul 31, 2026 and GLD as of Nov 3, 2026 $28m $131.3bn

CCOR and GLD on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

CCOR

CCOR is a hedged equity fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of −0.14 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of −0.10, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.10% the other way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks CCOR rose 0.22% on average, a down-week capture of −20.7%. Over the same 52 weeks CCOR returned +7.5% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 3.9 percentage points ahead of cash.

GLD

Its expense ratio is 0.40% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

GLD holds gold. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against +2.9% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.9% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

Are CCOR and GLD in the same category?: CCOR is an alternatives ETF and GLD is a commodity ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, CCOR or GLD?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CCOR returned +7.6% and GLD +2.8%.
Which is cheaper, CCOR or GLD?: GLD is cheaper, by 0.76 percentage points a year. That is about $76 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

CCOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

CCOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Core Alternative website ↗

State Street website ↗

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