As of June 5, 2025, the largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) for precious metals managed over *** billion U.S. dollars worth of assets. This ETF — the SPDR Gold Shares — was more than ***** the size of the next largest precious metals ETF, the iShares Gold Trust, and over * times larger than the third-placed iShares Silver Trust. Precious metals ETFs are exchanged traded funds that generally purchase and hold bullion of one or more precious metals, although they may also invest in other financial assets such as futures or the shares in companies which mine precious metals. This enables consumers to invest in precious metals without the high cost of entry to needed to purchase and store physical bullion.
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The funds are the largest of the ETFs traded on the U.S. market under the segment “Commodities: Precious Metals.” While these funds are traded in the U.S., their investment is not necessarily in U.S. assets.
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