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FGLD (Franklin Responsibly Sourced Gold ETF) is no longer actively trading.
This usually means the fund has been liquidated, merged into another product, or its ticker has been retired. Every price, valuation, dividend, and analyst figure on this page is frozen at the last available trading session and reads as historical reference — not a current-day signal.
The assets of the fund include only gold bullion and cash, if any. The fund is not a proxy for investing in physical gold. Rather, the Shares are intended to provide a cost-effective means of obtaining investment exposure through the securities markets that is similar to an investment in gold.
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