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The price of gold may have struggled a bit earlier this year, but the metal's spot price has gotten back on track in recent weeks. Key Takeaways: Gold has continued to do well as of late, with Sprott research showing the price of spot gold rose 9.67% over August.
Given that gold has found itself back on the menu for many advisors and investors, it is worth exploring the factors driving the metal's recent rally. Yes, behavioral trends and retail demand are fueling part of the surge, but there are also structural drivers that deserve equal attention.
VanEck Gold Miners ETF has a significantly larger asset base with $31.0 billion in assets under management. Sprott Gold Miners ETF offers a lower expense ratio of 0.46% and a higher dividend yield of 1.0%.
Gold's outlook has brightened considerably following its first-half correction. Spot prices have rebounded to flirt with $4,400 per ounce, supported by renewed central-bank buying, softer economic data, and diminished expectations for further Fed tightening.
Fundamentally, a dollar rally is applying downward pressure on gold, but it's also building strength behind the curtain. A stronger dollar increases debt-servicing costs for foreign borrowers, tightens global market liquidity, raises overall funding costs, and frequently forces traders to unwind leveraged positions and carry trades.
SGDM outperformed over the past year but carries deeper drawdowns. GLD offers lower volatility and greater liquidity with $129.2 billion in assets.
SPDR Gold Shares offers direct exposure to physical gold bullion prices with a slightly lower expense ratio than the mining-focused alternative Sprott Gold Miners ETF concentrates on equity in gold-producing companies and has historically shown much higher volatility and deeper drawdowns SPDR Gold Shares manages over $132.1 billion in assets under management, whereas the Sprott Gold Miners ETF oversees a smaller portfolio of 49 stocks
If you bought VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) because you wanted leveraged exposure to a gold rally, the past decade delivered a quiet insult: a nearly identical fund charging less beat it, and physical gold beat it too.