Index fund that tracks gold and other commodities

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Is there an index fund that tracks the index for precious metals? How about a fund that tracks an index just for gold?(I guess this is not possible) And is there a fund that tracks overall commodities index? Answers specific to the Canadian investors are most welcome :)

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 26 '11 at 19:10

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I don't know answers that would be specific to Canada but one of the main ETF funds that tracks gold prices is GLD (SPDR Gold Trust) another is IAU (iShares Gold Trust).

Also, there are several ETF's that combine different precious metals together and can be traded. You can find a fairly decent list here on the Stock Encylopedia site.

edited Aug 26 '11 at 19:10

Chuck van der Linden

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answered Aug 24 '11 at 21:03

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 25 '11 at 19:44

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Barclays offers an iPath ETN (not quite an ETF), DJP, which tracks the total return of the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index.

answered Aug 25 '11 at 19:44

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Index fund that tracks gold and other commodities

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