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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and ILF +17.2%.

Which is cheaper, GLD or ILF?

GLD is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

GLD vs ILF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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GLD is a commodity fund and ILF an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ILF returned +17.2% against +2.5%.

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Net assets: $135.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR Gold Shares, and $3.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Latin America 40 ETF.

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At a glance

+2.5%

GLD total return, 1 year

+17.2%

ILF total return, 1 year

0.40%

GLD expense ratio

0.47%

ILF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GLD costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.7 points; GLD is far larger, $135.8bn against $3.5bn.

GLD vs ILF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GLD	ILF
Return
Measure	GLD	ILF
Total return, 1 year	+2.5%	+17.2%
Drawdown
Measure	GLD	ILF
Below its high	24.7%, high on Jan 29, 2026	13.7%, high on Oct 12, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GLD	ILF
What it tracks	Gold	S&P Latin America 40
Cost and size
Measure	GLD	ILF
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$135.8bn	$3.5bn
Holdings
Measure	GLD	ILF
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		55.6%

Method

Side by side

GLD SPDR Gold Shares ILF iShares Latin America 40 ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Holds gold Tracks an index of Latin America 40

Total return, 1 year +2.5% +17.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +2.7% (IAU) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs IAU not measured

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.47%

Holdings not counted 46

Net assets, GLD as of Oct 27, 2026 and ILF as of Oct 28, 2026 $135.8bn $3.5bn

GLD and ILF on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

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 Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.5% with distributions reinvested, against +2.7% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.7% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

ILF

ILF tracks an index of Latin America 40. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 46 positions, with the top ten at 55.6%. It sat 13.7% below its high of Oct 12, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GLD or ILF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and ILF +17.2%.
Which is cheaper, GLD or ILF?: GLD is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

State Street website ↗

ILF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ILF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ILF ↗

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