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GLD HEDG \n Expense ratio 0.40% 0.96% \n Net assets, GLD as of Oct 26, 2026 and HEDG as of Jul 31, 2026 $134.6bn $427m \n Total return, 1 year +1.4% +9.4% \n What it tracks Gold not p","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, GLD against HEDG, data as of Oct 27, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/gld-vs-hedg","a":{"ticker":"GLD","name":"SPDR Gold Shares","issuer":"State Street","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-27","verdict":"GLD holds gold and returned +1.4% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/gld","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+1.4%","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.40%","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":null},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u221224.9%","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"ETFIQ"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$134.6bn","as_of":"2026-10-26","source":"the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Oct 26, 2026"},{"label":"Benchmark","value":"The price of gold, measured by IAU, which also holds gold","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"ETFIQ, from its filings"}]},"b":{"ticker":"HEDG","name":"Equable Shares Hedged Equity ETF","issuer":"Equable Shares","desk":"alternatives","as_of":"2026-10-27","verdict":"Over the year to Oct 27, 2026, HEDG returned 9.4%, against 13.6% for VOO.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/hedg","key_facts":[{"label":"Correlation with the S&P 500","value":"+0.85","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Beta to the S&P 500","value":"+0.28","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Down-week capture","value":"19.4%","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Against T-bills, 52 weeks","value":"+5.8 pts","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price","value":"2.9%","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 24, 2026","value":"$0.1541","as_of":"2026-09-24","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$427m","as_of":"2026-07-31","source":"SEC N-PORT, whole fund, as filed for Jul 31, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.96%","as_of":"2026-02-27","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Feb 27, 2026"}]},"overlap_pct":null,"overlap_note":"ETFIQ does not publish a holdings overlap for this pair. Either the funds are not compared on holdings, or one book is incomplete.","full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/gld-vs-hedg"}