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GLD MFUT \n Expense ratio 0.40% 0.89% \n Net assets, GLD as of Nov 4, 2026 and MFUT as of Jun 30, 2026 $135.0bn $39m \n Total return, 1 year +2.5% +19.6% \n What it tracks Gold not pub","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 MFUT, data as of Nov 5, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/gld-vs-mfut","a":{"ticker":"GLD","name":"SPDR Gold Shares","issuer":"State Street","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-11-05","verdict":"GLD holds gold and returned +2.5% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/gld","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+2.5%","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.40%","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":null},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u221224.3%","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"ETFIQ"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$135.0bn","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Nov 4, 2026"},{"label":"Benchmark","value":"The price of gold, measured by IAU, which also holds gold","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"ETFIQ, from its filings"}]},"b":{"ticker":"MFUT","name":"Cambria Chesapeake Pure Trend ETF","issuer":"Cambria","desk":"alternatives","as_of":"2026-11-05","verdict":"Over the year to Nov 5, 2026, MFUT returned 19.6%. When the S&P 500 fell, it fell 72% as much.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/mfut","key_facts":[{"label":"Correlation with the S&P 500","value":"+0.46","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Beta to the S&P 500","value":"+0.63","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Down-week capture","value":"71.5%","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Against T-bills, 52 weeks","value":"+16.6 pts","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Last payment, ex-date Dec 5, 2024","value":"$0.0545","as_of":"2024-12-05","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$39m","as_of":"2026-06-30","source":"SEC N-PORT, whole fund, as filed for Jun 30, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.89%","as_of":"2026-10-26","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Oct 26, 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-mfut"}