The cheapest gold miners ETFs
A fee is one fact and not a verdict on the fund. Where the funds on a theme hold different companies, the cheapest is not even the same bet, and the holdings are on the theme page.
| # | Ticker | Fund | Fee ↑ | Net assets | Weight in S&P 500 companies | Total return, 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AUAU | Global X Gold Miners ETF | 0.35% | $6m | 12.9% | too new |
| 2 | AUMI | Themes Gold Miners ETF | 0.35% | $25m | 0.0% | +17.0% |
| 3 | RING | iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF | 0.39% | $2.3bn | 17.0% | +22.8% |
| 4 | GDMN | WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Gold Mine | 0.45% | $210m | 12.4% | +8.8% |
| 5 | SGDM | Sprott Gold Miners ETF | 0.46% | $638m | 7.6% | +23.9% |
| 6 | SGDJ | Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF | 0.50% | $323m | 0.0% | +29.1% |
| 7 | GDX | VanEck Gold Miners ETF | 0.51% | $26.1bn | 11.2% | +18.9% |
| 8 | GDXJ | VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF | 0.52% | $8.2bn | 0.0% | +17.1% |
| 9 | GOEX | Global X Gold Explorers ETF | 0.65% | $118m | 0.0% | +23.0% |
| 10 | GBUG | Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF | 0.90% | $170m | 3.3% | +24.2% |
Method
The 10 of 10 ETFs in the gold miners theme that publish an expense ratio, cheapest first. Across the funds listed here the annual fee runs from 0.3% to 0.9%.
The rest of the method
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