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abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF

SGOL
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Snapshot
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Inception Date
Sep 9, 2009
Expense Ratio
0.17%
Type
Global Commodities & Metals
Fund Owner
Aberdeen
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$34,769,011
AUM
$2,664,489,608
Associated Index
Gold - London PM Gold Price
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus
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Top 10 Holdings

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Swiss Gold
100%
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What is SGOL?

Aberdeen Standard Physical Swiss Gold Shares ETF (SGOL) is designed to offer investors a simple cost-efficient and secure way to access the precious metals market. SGOL is intended to provide investors with a return equivalent to movements in the gold spot price less fees.

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SGOL
Performance Measures**

for the time period Sep 9, 2009 to Dec 4, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return: 6.9%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 1-month period.

3M Trailing Return: 18.6%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 3-month period.

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown: -45.5%

The greatest percent loss from peak to trough in value over the time period.

Standard Deviation: 15.8%

The typical amount that daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio: 0.62

The annualized arithmetic mean of the daily returns divided by the annualized standard deviation of the daily returns for the selected time period.

Calmar Ratio: 0.20

The annualized return divided by the max drawdown for the selected time period.

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ETFs correlated to SGOL include GLD, GLDM, IAU

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What is ETF correlation?

Correlation is a measure of the strength of the relationship between two ETFs. It quantifies the degree to which prices of the two ETFs typically move together.

Here, correlation is measured over the past year with the Pearson correlation coefficient (Pearon’s r), which ranges from -1 to 1.

Using ETF correlations in portfolio and strategy construction

ETF correlations can help you create investing strategies and portfolios. Use them to:

  • •Build a diversified portfolio from uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETFs with the aim of minimizing portfolio risk.
  • •Compare correlated or related ETFs to find one with a lower expense ratio or higher trading volume.
  • •Create an investing strategy that hedges an ETF with an uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETF.

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FAQ

SGOL is a Global Commodities & Metals ETF. Aberdeen Standard Physical Swiss Gold Shares ETF (SGOL) is designed to offer investors a simple cost-efficient and secure way to access the precious metals market. SGOL is intended to provide investors with a return equivalent to movements in the gold spot price less fees.

SGOL tracks the Gold - London PM Gold Price.

No, SGOL is not actively managed. It is passively managed. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.

Yes, SGOL is passively managed. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested.

The 1-month return on SGOL is -0.0011%. This is the percent change in the value of SGOL over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on SGOL is -0.0043%. This is the percent change in the value of SGOL over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of SGOL for the past year is 0.1432%. Standard deviation is the typical amount that the daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

ETFs similar to SGOL include CPER, PPLT, and SIVR.

ETFs correlated to SGOL include GLD, GLDM, and IAU.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to SGOL include GLL, GDXD, and DUST.

Disclaimers

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