C000198135 Performance — iShares Gold Strategy ETF

Data updated: 2024-09-27

C000198135 returned +22.69% over one year to Jul 2024. Annualised returns are +9.49% over 3 years and +9.90% over 5 years. The fund beat its Commodities category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $131, against $113 for the category, and to $123 over one year, against $106. Volatility over the past three years was 12.74% a year. In the 12 months to Jul 2024 the fund lost a net $608K, and assets reached $47.82M.

C000198135 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in iShares Gold Strategy ETF grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Commodities category average over the same months.

PeriodC000198135Category average
1 year (Aug 2023 – Jul 2024)$123$106
3 years (Aug 2021 – Jul 2024)$131$113
5 years (Aug 2019 – Jul 2024)$160$140

C000198135 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Jul 2024, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+22.69%
3 years (annualised)+9.49%
5 years (annualised)+9.90%

C000198135 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of iShares Gold Strategy ETF, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2024 (Jan–Jul)+17.38%
2023+12.58%
2022−1.11%
2021−4.61%
2020+20.99%
2019 (Aug–Dec)+6.31%

C000198135 Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024−0.8%−0.1%+8.3%+3.4%+1.4%+0.1%+4.3%—————
2023+5.9%−5.3%+7.6%+1.0%−1.4%−2.2%+2.4%−1.6%−4.7%+7.3%+2.6%+1.2%
2022−1.8%+5.8%+2.2%−2.2%−3.5%−2.0%−2.4%−2.9%−2.9%−1.6%+7.0%+3.8%
2021−2.7%−6.6%−0.9%+3.2%+7.5%−7.0%+2.3%0.0%−3.3%+1.6%−0.7%+3.0%
2020+4.1%−1.1%+0.7%+6.3%+2.4%+2.8%+9.5%−0.4%−4.2%−0.8%−5.5%+6.5%
2019———————+6.7%−3.4%+2.8%−3.2%+3.6%

C000198135 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Aug 2021 – Jul 2024.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 12.74%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: 0.39 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +8.34% (Mar 2024)
  • Worst month: −5.26% (Feb 2023)

C000198135 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of iShares Gold Strategy ETF, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$608K
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $36.2M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.98×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Jul 2024$6.3M$3.1M$3.2M
Jun 2024$0$0$0
May 2024$0$6.1M−$6.1M
Apr 2024$12.3M$0$12.3M
Mar 2024$0$0$0
Feb 2024$2.7M$5.3M−$2.7M
Jan 2024$0$13.4M−$13.4M
Dec 2023$6.1M$3.0M$3.1M
Nov 2023$3.0M$5.8M−$2.8M
Oct 2023$0$0$0
Sep 2023$5.8M$0$5.8M
Aug 2023$0$0$0

C000198135 Assets Under Management

Net assets of iShares Gold Strategy ETF by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2024-07-31$47.82M
2024-04-30$48.22M
2024-01-31$35.03M
2023-10-31$53.41M
2023-07-31$47.14M
2023-04-30$35.81M
2023-01-31$40.57M
2022-10-31$34.77M
2022-07-31$40.16M
2022-04-30$34.81M
2022-01-31$30.13M
2021-10-31$30.00M

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.