Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
GLD vs RSST: Differences, Returns & Fees
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GLD returned +2.8% to RSST's +23.3%, and GLD charges 0.40% to RSST's 0.99%.
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Net assets: $131.3bn on Nov 3, 2026 for SPDR Gold Shares, and $480m on Jul 31, 2026 for Return Stacked U.S. Stocks & Managed Futures ETF.
Pair scorecard
GLD costs 0.59 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.5 points.
| Measure | GLD | RSST |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +2.8% | +23.3% |
| Total return, 52 weeks | +22.5% | |
| Drawdown | ||
| Below its high | 24.9%, high on Jan 29, 2026 | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Gold | not published |
| Treasury bills, 52 weeks | +3.7% | |
| Against cash | 18.9 points ahead | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.40% | 0.99% |
| Net assets, GLD as of Nov 3, 2026 and RSST as of Jul 31, 2026 | $131.3bn | $480m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Risk | ||
| Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns | +0.85 | |
| Beta to the S&P 500 | +1.45: about 1.45% for each 1% | |
| Its average week when the S&P 500 fell | fell 1.76% | |
| Down-week capture | 164.8% | |
| Weeks the S&P 500 fell | 26 of 52, by 1.07% on average | |
Side by side
GLD and RSST on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
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.
RSST
RSST is a managed futures 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 +0.85 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +1.45, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 1.45% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks RSST fell 1.76% on average, a down-week capture of 164.8%. Over the same 52 weeks RSST returned +22.5% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 18.9 percentage points ahead of cash.
Questions people ask
- Are GLD and RSST in the same category?
- GLD is a commodity ETF and RSST is an alternatives ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
- Which returned more over the last year, GLD or RSST?
- In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.8% and RSST +23.3%.
- Which is cheaper, GLD or RSST?
- GLD is cheaper, by 0.59 percentage points a year. That is about $59 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.
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