Best Fit Gold Oriented Funds

These ETFs invest in either physical gold or futures contracts to track the spot price of the precious yellow metal.

All ranked ETFs meet our Best Fit criteria.

#1 iShares COMEX Gold Trust (IAU)

Asset Class: Commodity

Loading... Previous Close: $15.17
Performance (YTD): 0.33% Avg. Volume: 6,050,154
Fees: 0.25% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Gold Trust

#2 PowerShares DB Gold Fund (DGL)

Asset Class: Commodity

Loading... Previous Close: $53.96
Performance (YTD): 1.08% Avg. Volume: 127,225
Fees: 0.50% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index-Optimum Yield Gold Excess Return Index

#3 Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ)

Asset Class: Global Equity

Loading... Previous Close: $19.44
Performance (YTD): 21.46% Avg. Volume: 3,694,978
Fees: 0.60% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index

#4 SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)

Asset Class: Commodity

Loading... Previous Close: $151.22
Performance (YTD): 0.43% Avg. Volume: 11,199,863
Fees: 0.40% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Gold bullion

Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3X Shares (DUST)

Asset Class: Commodity

Loading... Previous Close: $68.88
Performance (YTD): 61.62% Avg. Volume: 222,129
Fees: 0.75% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: NYSE ARCA Gold Miners Index

Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X Shares (NUGT)

Asset Class: Commodity

Loading... Previous Close: $8.89
Performance (YTD): 54.16% Avg. Volume: 2,345,550
Fees: 0.75% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: NYSE ARCA Gold Miners Index

ETFS Asian Gold Trust (AGOL)

Asset Class: Commodity

Loading... Previous Close: $154.96
Performance (YTD): 0.52% Avg. Volume: 166
Fees: 0.39% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Not applicable

ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares (SGOL)

Asset Class: Commodity

Loading... Previous Close: $154.15
Performance (YTD): 0.45% Avg. Volume: 102,082
Fees: 0.39% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Gold bullion

FactorShares 2X: Gold Bull/S&P500 Bear (FSG)

Asset Class: Commodity

Loading... Previous Close: $22.17
Performance (YTD): 17.29% Avg. Volume: 10,161
Fees: 0.75% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Gold Bull/S&P500 Bear Index

Global X Gold Explorers ETF (GLDX)

Asset Class: Commodity

Loading... Previous Close: $7.71
Performance (YTD): 28.00% Avg. Volume: 84,619
Fees: 0.65% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Solactive Global Gold Explorers Index

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Top Performing GOLD ORIENTED FUNDS as of 04.04.2012

UBS E-TRACS S&P 500 Gold Hedged ETN (SPGH)

Total Return: 25.37%

PowerShares DB Gold Double Long ETN (DGP)

Total Return: 23.01%

ProShares Ultra Gold (UGL)

Total Return: 22.54%

PowerShares DB Gold Double Long ETN (DGP)

Total Return: 38.74%

ProShares Ultra Gold (UGL)

Total Return: 38.42%

SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)

Total Return: 21.48%

* annualized