Gold is the best-performing major asset this year, enjoying a comfortable lead over its nearest competitors. Obviously, that's good news for holders of physical gold as well as investors engaged with related ETFs.
When allocating to alternative investments, like gold, market participants often grapple with how much of their portfolios should be devoted to those assets. They also wonder whether it's their equity or fixed income sleeves that will be subject to pruning.
GDE offers a unique blend of US large cap equities and gold futures for inflation protection and diversification. The fund achieves capital efficiency by leveraging gold futures, resulting in 180% notional exposure while maintaining risk balance due to lower correlation. Active management and periodic rebalancing help GDE adapt to sector rotation and market changes, with a growth and tech bias.
GDE offers a low correlation with US stocks, reducing portfolio risk, though it slightly lowers CAGR. GDE invests $90 in large-cap US equities and $90 in gold futures, leveraging exposure to $180, enhancing returns during gold's strong performance. GDE outperformed SPY and GLD in the past year due to gold's 44% rise; rated Buy, but reduce exposure if gold cools.