IAU
iShares Gold Trust
Commodities Focused · iShares
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Cost
0.250%costs about $488 on a $10,000 balance held for 20 years
Tracks the same index as GLD (0.400%), GLDM (0.100%). Same portfolio, so cost is the difference. Compare them
Issuer-published, verified 2026-07-21.
Snapshot figures (2025-05-25, not current)
- Assets
- $46.4B
- Yield
- 0.00%
- 3Y return
- 21.6%
- 5Y return
- 13.8%
Largest other funds in Commodities Focused
| GLD | SPDR Gold Shares | $100.2B | 21.5% |
| SLV | iShares Silver Trust | $14.7B | 14.8% |
| GLDM | SPDR Gold MiniShares | $14.6B | 21.8% |
| SGOL | abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF | $5.2B | 21.8% |
| IAUM | iShares Gold Trust Micro | $2.6B | 21.9% |
| OUNZ | VanEck Merk Gold Trust | $1.7B | 21.1% |
| SIVR | abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF | $1.6B | 15.1% |
| AAAU | Goldman Sachs Physical Gold ETF | $1.5B | 21.7% |
Funds in one category often hold similar portfolios, so cost and structure usually matter more than the difference in headline returns.
Not investment advice. Past performance does not predict future results.