Which returned more over the last year, GLDM or VT?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLDM returned +2.8% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, GLDM or VT?

VT is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

GLDM vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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GLDM is a commodity fund and VT an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VT returned +13.5% against +2.8%.

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Net assets: $30.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust, and $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

+2.8%

GLDM total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.10%

GLDM expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VT costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.7 points; VT is 2.7 times larger.

GLDM vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GLDM	VT
Return
Measure	GLDM	VT
Total return, 1 year	+2.8%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	GLDM	VT
Below its high	24.5%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GLDM	VT
What it tracks	Gold	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	GLDM	VT
Expense ratio	0.10%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$30.7bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	GLDM	VT
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		55%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		22.5%

Method

Risk and return

Jul 6, 2018 to Oct 23, 2026 · 433 weekly returns

GLDM VT

Return

Total return edge GLDM +215.1% +148.9%

Annualized edge GLDM +14.8% +11.6%

Price return edge GLDM +215.1% +110.4%

Risk

Volatility edge GLDM (slight) 16.0% 17.4%

Max drawdown edge GLDM −24.0% −32.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge GLDM 0.77 0.56

Sortino edge GLDM 1.17 0.79

Calmar edge GLDM 0.62 0.36

Reading

GLDM returned more: +215.1% to +148.9%. GLDM swung slightly less: 16.0% to 17.4%. GLDM fell less at its worst: −24.0% to −32.6%.

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Risk and return: GLDM vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GLDM	VT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+215.1%	+148.9%	GLDM	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.8%	+11.6%	GLDM	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+215.1%	+110.4%	GLDM	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	16.0%	17.4%	GLDM (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	10.5%	12.2%	GLDM	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−24.0%	−32.6%	GLDM	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.77	0.56	GLDM	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.17	0.79	GLDM	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.62	0.36	GLDM	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 433 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Side by side

GLDM SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Vanguard

What it is Holds gold Tracks an index of Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year +2.8% +13.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +2.5% (GLD) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +0.3 pts vs GLD not measured

Expense ratio 0.10% 0.06%

Holdings not counted 10194

Net assets, GLDM as of Oct 27, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $30.6bn $81.8bn

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

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GLDM and VT do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. GLDM follows Gold and VT follows FTSE Global All Cap Index.
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 GLDM returned +2.8% and VT +13.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 10.7 points.
Cost (similar). GLDM charges 0.10% of assets a year and VT 0.06%, a gap of 0.04 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

GLDM

Its expense ratio is 0.10% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

GLDM holds gold. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against +2.5% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.5% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,194 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GLDM or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLDM returned +2.8% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, GLDM or VT?: VT is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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