Definitive Historical Return Data For Precious Metals ETFs
Quick Category Facts
- Count: 20 ETFs are placed in the Precious Metals ETFdb Category.
- Expense Ratios: Range from 0.25% to 1%
- Average Expense Ratio: 0.55%
- Issuers with ETFs in this Category include: Barclays iPath, ETF Securities, Invesco PowerShares, iShares, RBS, State Street, UBS
Precious Metals ETF ReturnsThe following table displays sortable historical return data for all ETFs currently included in the Precious Metals ETFdb Category. For information on dividends, expenses, or technical indicators, click on one of the tabs below. |
| Symbol | Name | 1 Week | 4 Week | YTD | 1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLD | SPDR Gold Trust | -1.21% | -5.39% | 0.45% | 3.01% | 62.17% | 135.80% |
| IAU | COMEX Gold Trust | -1.23% | -5.43% | 0.59% | 3.10% | 62.75% | 136.27% |
| SLV | Silver Trust | -0.61% | -9.05% | 2.52% | -24.35% | 90.48% | 116.32% |
| SGOL | Physical Swiss Gold Shares | -1.22% | -5.37% | 0.47% | 2.98% | n/a | n/a |
| PPLT | Physical Platinum Shares | -1.64% | -9.02% | 2.36% | -19.78% | n/a | n/a |
| PALL | Physical Palladium Shares | -2.20% | -13.49% | -9.77% | -22.41% | n/a | n/a |
| SIVR | Physical Silver Shares | -0.70% | -9.08% | 2.58% | -24.19% | n/a | n/a |
| DGL | DB Gold Fund | -1.24% | -5.63% | -0.22% | 1.82% | 56.98% | 115.98% |
| DBP | DB Precious Metals Fund | -1.12% | -6.34% | 0.28% | -4.62% | 62.89% | 114.91% |
| GLTR | Physical Precious Metal Basket Shares | -1.06% | -7.42% | 0.74% | -11.45% | n/a | n/a |
| AGOL | Physical Asian Gold Shares | -1.48% | -5.36% | -0.01% | 2.61% | n/a | n/a |
| DBS | DB Silver Fund | -0.83% | -9.60% | 2.48% | -24.97% | 86.36% | 100.87% |
| JJP | Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index ETN | -1.20% | -6.58% | 0.15% | -5.67% | 67.00% | n/a |
| WITE | Physical White Metal Basket Shares | -1.32% | -9.64% | 0.79% | -22.84% | n/a | n/a |
| PTM | E-TRACS UBS Long Platinum ETN | -2.15% | -14.35% | 1.86% | -21.10% | 16.37% | n/a |
| PGM | DJ UBS Platinum Trust Sub-Index ETN | -1.69% | -9.48% | 1.65% | -21.60% | 16.04% | n/a |
| TBAR | Gold Trendpilot ETN | 2.04% | 0.03% | 2.88% | 5.15% | n/a | n/a |
| UBG | E-TRACS UBS Bloomberg CMCI Gold ETN | -0.66% | -4.50% | 1.03% | 3.00% | 59.64% | n/a |
| USV | E-TRACS UBS Bloomberg CMCI Silver ETN | -6.22% | -11.93% | -1.46% | -28.56% | 81.37% | n/a |
| BLNG | Pure Beta Precious Metals ETN | -0.34% | -6.35% | -2.50% | -4.74% | n/a | n/a |
Precious Metals Indexes
Indexes tracked by ETFs in the Precious Metals ETFdb Category include:
- Barclays Capital Commodity Index Precious Metals Pure Beta TR
- DBIQ Optimum Yield Gold Index Excess Return
- DBIQ Optimum Yield Precious Metals Index Excess Return
- DBIQ Optimum Yield Silver Index Excess Return
- Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Subindex Total Return
- Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Subindex Total Return
- Gold Bullion
- MLCX Gold Total Return Index
- MLCX Precious Metals Plus Total Return Index
- Palladium Bullion
- Platinum Bullion
- Precious Metals Basket
- RBS Gold Trendpilot Index (USD)
- Silver Bullion
- UBS Bloomberg CMCI Gold Total Return
- UBS Bloomberg CMCI Platinum Total Return
- UBS Bloomberg CMCI Silver Total Return
- White Metals Basket
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