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IAU
6 articles on this site analyse IAU .
Not measurable from filings
IAU is structured as a unit investment trust or commodity trust rather than a registered investment company, so it does not file Form N-PORT and its holdings cannot be measured the way the rest of the concentration table is. Saying so is more useful than quietly leaving it out.
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Bitcoin vs Gold: IBIT vs GLD as a Portfolio Hedge — What the Correlation Data Says
Gold has a multi-decade record of low-to-negative correlation with equities in stress; Bitcoin's correlation with risk assets has repeatedly risen in...
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SGOV vs Gold ETFs: Two Defenses That Hedge Different Risks
SGOV and gold ETFs both get labelled "defensive," but they hedge different risks. SGOV defends against equity drawdowns by holding T-bill principal stable...
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SGOV and Gold in a 4.5% World: Rethinking the Defensive Sleeve for 2026
With SGOV's distribution yield at 3.9% and the 10-year Treasury at 4.47% (FRED, asof 2026-05-14), the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding gold is...
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Is It Better to Buy Gold ETF or Physical Gold in 2026? (Silver ETF vs Physical Silver Explained)
Gold ETFs (GLD, IAU, GLDM) and physical bullion are not interchangeable substitutes — they hedge different layers of risk, with different costs and a...
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Precious Metals ETF Guide 2026: Gold, Silver, and Long-Term Portfolio Strategy
A gold sleeve of roughly 5–10% has support in the long-horizon diversification literature; silver does not have the same case and behaves more like a...
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Gold vs Silver in 2026: Which Is the Better Long-Term Investment? (GLD vs SLV ETF Comparison)
Over the trailing 5 years, GLD returned 19.4% CAGR with 17.9% volatility; SLV returned 21.9% CAGR with 36.0% volatility — silver earned roughly 2.5...
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