Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
GLD vs WTMF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GLD returned +2.8% to WTMF's +12.7%, and GLD charges 0.40% to WTMF's 0.66%.
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Net assets: $131.3bn on Nov 3, 2026 for SPDR Gold Shares, and $261m on Aug 31, 2026 for WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund.
Pair scorecard
GLD costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.9 points.
| Measure | GLD | WTMF |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +2.8% | +12.7% |
| Total return, 52 weeks | +11.8% | |
| 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 | 8.1 points ahead | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.40% | 0.66% |
| Net assets, GLD as of Nov 3, 2026 and WTMF as of Aug 31, 2026 | $131.3bn | $261m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Risk | ||
| Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns | +0.62 | |
| Beta to the S&P 500 | +0.38: about 0.38% for each 1% | |
| Its average week when the S&P 500 fell | fell 0.37% | |
| Down-week capture | 34.4% | |
| Weeks the S&P 500 fell | 26 of 52, by 1.07% on average | |
Side by side
GLD and WTMF 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.
WTMF
WTMF 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 +0.62 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.38, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.38% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks WTMF fell 0.37% on average, a down-week capture of 34.4%. Over the same 52 weeks WTMF returned +11.8% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 8.1 percentage points ahead of cash.
Questions people ask
- Are GLD and WTMF in the same category?
- GLD is a commodity ETF and WTMF 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 WTMF?
- In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.8% and WTMF +12.7%.
- Which is cheaper, GLD or WTMF?
- GLD is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.
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