{
 "ticker": "FXB",
 "name": "Invesco CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Trust",
 "issuer": "Invesco",
 "desk": "core",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fxb",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fxb",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fxb.md",
 "as_of": "2026-10-14",
 "verdict": "FXB holds British pound sterling deposits and returned +1.1% over the year to Oct 14, 2026.",
 "lead": "FXB returned +1.1% over the year to Oct 14, 2026, charges 0.40% a year and holds $101m in net assets on Oct 14, 2026.",
 "category": {
  "id": "commodities",
  "name": "Commodities",
  "label": "Commodity ETFs",
  "url": "https://etfiq.com/commodities/",
  "group": {
   "id": "currency",
   "name": "Currency"
  },
  "segment": {
   "id": "commodities-currency",
   "name": "Currency",
   "url": "https://etfiq.com/commodities/currency/"
  },
  "status": "classified",
  "as_of": "2026-10-15",
  "method": "https://etfiq.com/methodology/categories"
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   "key": "total_return_1_year",
   "label": "Total return, 1 year",
   "value": "+1.1%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-10-14",
   "sentence": "FXB, total return, 1 year: +1.1%, as of Oct 14, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.40%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-10-14",
   "sentence": "FXB, expense ratio: 0.40%, as of Oct 14, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "\u221230.2%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-10-14",
   "sentence": "FXB, below its high: \u221230.2%, as of Oct 14, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "12_month_yield_capital_gains_included_on_its_starting_price",
   "label": "12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price",
   "value": "2.1%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-10-14",
   "sentence": "FXB, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 2.1%, as of Oct 14, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "last_payment",
   "label": "Last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026",
   "value": "$0.2154",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-10-14",
   "sentence": "FXB, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.2154, as of Oct 14, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$101m",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Oct 14, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-10-14",
   "sentence": "FXB, net assets: $101m (issuer page, as of Oct 14, 2026)."
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  {
   "key": "what_it_holds",
   "label": "What it holds",
   "value": "British pound sterling deposits",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "fund_type",
   "label": "Fund type",
   "value": "Currency fund",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "category",
   "label": "Category",
   "value": "Commodities \u00b7 Currency",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.40%",
   "source": "10-Q, Aug 7, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "price",
   "label": "Price",
   "value": "$126.81",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "first_traded",
   "label": "First traded",
   "value": "Jun 26, 2006",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$101m",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Oct 14, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "benchmark",
   "label": "Benchmark",
   "value": "The British pound sterling's price in U.S. dollars, from Tiingo's rates at 4:00 PM New York time",
   "source": "ETFIQ, from its filings"
  },
  {
   "key": "benchmark_named_in",
   "label": "Benchmark named in",
   "value": "10-Q, Aug 7, 2026",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "fxb_1_year_to_oct_14_2026",
   "label": "FXB, 1 year to Oct 14, 2026",
   "value": "+1.07%",
   "source": null
  },
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   "key": "gbp_spot_the_same_days",
   "label": "GBP spot, the same days",
   "value": "\u22121.01%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "against_its_benchmark_1_year",
   "label": "Against its benchmark, 1 year",
   "value": "+2.08 pts",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "what_the_benchmark_leaves_out",
   "label": "What the benchmark leaves out",
   "value": "The trust also accrues interest on its deposits, which reaches holders as distributions, so the gap to the price is the fee less that interest.",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "\u221230.2%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  }
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 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "1 month",
   "Total return": "\u22122.2%",
   "Benchmark (GBP spot)": "\u22122.3%",
   "Gap to GBP spot": "+0.1 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Total return": "\u22122.0%",
   "Benchmark (GBP spot)": "\u22122.5%",
   "Gap to GBP spot": "+0.5 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Total return": "\u22121.8%",
   "Benchmark (GBP spot)": "\u22122.8%",
   "Gap to GBP spot": "+1.0 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "Year to date",
   "Total return": "\u22120.6%",
   "Benchmark (GBP spot)": "\u22122.1%",
   "Gap to GBP spot": "+1.6 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "Total return": "+1.1%",
   "Benchmark (GBP spot)": "\u22121.0%",
   "Gap to GBP spot": "+2.1 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 years",
   "Total return": "+17.5%",
   "Benchmark (GBP spot)": "+8.7%",
   "Gap to GBP spot": "+8.9 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "5 years",
   "Total return": "+6.3%",
   "Benchmark (GBP spot)": "\u22124.0%",
   "Gap to GBP spot": "+10.3 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "10 years",
   "Total return": "+18.3%",
   "Benchmark (GBP spot)": "not available",
   "Gap to GBP spot": "not available"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch",
   "Total return": "\u221214.0%",
   "Benchmark (GBP spot)": "not available",
   "Gap to GBP spot": "not available"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch, annualised",
   "Total return": "\u22120.7%",
   "Benchmark (GBP spot)": "\u2013",
   "Gap to GBP spot": "\u2013"
  }
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 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How has FXB performed?",
   "a": "Over the year to Oct 14, 2026, FXB returned +1.1% with distributions reinvested, against \u22121.0% for its benchmark, the British pound sterling's price in U.S. dollars. Over three years the figure is +17.5%."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does FXB cost?",
   "a": "Its expense ratio is 0.40% a year, the Sponsor's fee, which covers all the Trust's ordinary expenses, as its 10-Q states."
  },
  {
   "q": "How far is FXB below its high?",
   "a": "30.2% below its high of Nov 8, 2007, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 14, 2026."
  }
 ],
 "flows": {
  "as_of": "2026-10-14",
  "coverage": "daily",
  "computed_by": "ETFIQ, from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day\u2019s NAV",
  "method": "https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows",
  "data": "https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/fxb.json",
  "windows": [
   {
    "window": "1 day",
    "from": "2026-10-14",
    "to": "2026-10-14",
    "net_flow_usd": 0,
    "net_flow": "$0",
    "round_trip_usd": 0,
    "days_counted": 1,
    "trading_days": 1
   }
  ],
  "daily_counts_start": "2026-10-12",
  "windows_without_daily_figure": [
   "1 week",
   "1 month",
   "3 months",
   "Year to date",
   "1 year"
  ]
 },
 "generated": "2026-10-15",
 "license": "https://etfiq.com/license/",
 "license_text": "Figures ETFIQ computes are free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.",
 "citation": "ETFIQ, FXB, currency fund, data as of Oct 14, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/fxb"
}