List of Precious Metals ETFs: FKnol.com

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For centuries, people from all walks of life have trusted their hard earned money to precious metals which mainly include gold and silver, though platinum and palladium have also gained prominence over the last few decades. A wide variety of exchange-traded funds (ETF) are available which are based on one or more precious metals, and they serve an excellent, efficient and low-cost medium for common investors to take a shot at the precious metal investments.
While one can find individual precious metal ETFs, like Gold ETFs, Silver ETFs and Platinum ETFs, the precious metal ETFs are a superset of these individual metal-specific ETFs which give investors are larger, diversified set of investments that can span across multiple precious metals.
The following list includes metal-specific ETFs as well as the ones which offer a combined investment across multiple precious metals. One can also explore the leveraged ETFs on such precious metal which make it possible to amplify the returns (both profits and losses) multiple times by a given factor, and there are inverse ETFs that can generate inverse returns. One must clearly check the working of the precious metal ETFs and their constituent holdings before making a selection. Expense ratio is another measure to keep an eye on, as the cost associated with investing in such ETFs may vary widely.
Following is the list of all 37 exchange-traded funds that FKnol has in its database for ETFs which belong to the Precious Metals category:

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List of All Precious Metals ETFs

Ticker	Name	Short Description	Expense Ratio	No. of Holdings	Dividend Frequency	Category
DGZ	DB Gold Short ETN	The DB Gold Short ETN provides monthly inverse exposure to an index that tracks the performance of a futures contract on gold determined to be least impacted by contango. ...Full Details	0.75%	1	NA	Inverse Commodities
DGP	DB Gold Double Long ETN	The DB Gold Double Long ETN provides 2x exposure to an index that tracks the performance of futures contracts relating to gold. ...Full Details	0.75%	1	NA	Leveraged Commodities
DZZ	DB Gold Double Short ETN	The DB Gold Double Short ETN provides -2x the daily performance of an index that tracks the performance of futures contracts relating to gold. ...Full Details	0.75%	1	NA	Leveraged Commodities
GLL	ProShares UltraShort Gold	The ProShares UltraShort Gold ETF provides -2x the daily performance of gold bullion as measured by the fixing price, in US Dollars, for delivery in London. ...Full Details	0.95%	1	NA	Leveraged Commodities
UGL	ProShares Ultra Gold	The ProShares Ultra Gold fund provides 2x exposure to the daily performance of gold bullion as measured by the fixing price, in US dollars, for delivery in London. ...Full Details	0.95%	1	Quarterly	Leveraged Commodities
AGQ	ProShares Ultra Silver	The ProShares Ultra Silver fund provides 2x the daily performance of silver bullion as measured by the fixing price, in US Dollars, for delivery in London. ...Full Details	0.95%	1	NA	Leveraged Commodities
DGLD	VelocityShares 3x Inverse Gold ETN	The VelocityShares 3X Inverse Gold ETN provides -3x the daily return of the front-month gold futures contract. ...Full Details	1.35%	1	NA	Leveraged Commodities
UGLD	VelocityShares 3x Long Gold ETN	The VelocityShares 3X Long Gold ETN provides 3x exposure to a subset of the GSCI that only includes gold contracts. ...Full Details	1.35%	1	NA	Leveraged Commodities
ZSL	ProShares UltraShort Silver	The ProShares UltraShort Silver fund provides -2x the daily performance of silver bullion as measured by the fixing price, in US Dollars, for delivery in London. ...Full Details	1.62%	1	NA	Leveraged Commodities
DSLV	VelocityShares 3x Inverse Silver ETN	The VelocityShares 3X Inverse Silver ETN provides -3x exposure to the performance of the front-month futures contract on silver, with daily leverage resets. ...Full Details	1.65%	1	NA	Leveraged Commodities
USLV	VelocityShares 3x Long Silver ETN	The VelocityShares 3X Long Silver ETN provides 3x exposure to a production-weighted index of world silver producers listed in OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries. ...Full Details	1.65%	1	NA	Leveraged Commodities
GLDM	SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust	The SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust tracks the gold spot price, less expenses and liabilities, using gold bars held in London vaults. ...Full Details	0.18%	0	Annually	Long-Short
GBUG	iPath Gold ETN	GBUG tracks the Barclay’s Gold 3 Month Index Total Return by rolling specified gold futures contracts. ...Full Details	0%	0		Precious Metals
AAAU	Perth Mint Physical Gold ETF	The Perth Mint Physical Gold ETF tracks the gold spot price, less expenses and liabilities, using gold bars held in a vault in Perth, Australia. Investors can redeem their shares for gold coins and small bars. ...Full Details	0.18%	0	Annually	Precious Metals
BAR	GraniteShares Gold Trust	BAR tracks the gold spot price, less trust expenses and liabilities, using physically held gold stored and secured in vaults in London. ...Full Details	0.2%	1	Annually	Precious Metals
IAU	iShares Gold Trust	The iShares Gold Trust tracks the gold spot price, less expenses and liabilities, using gold bars held in vaults around the world. ...Full Details ...Candlestick Patterns.	0.25%	1	NA	Precious Metals
IAUF	iShares Gold Strategy ETF	The iShares Gold Strategy ETF is actively managed to maximize correlation to an index that tracks the spot price of gold. ...Full Details	0.25%	2	Annually	Precious Metals
UBG	E-TRACS UBS Bloomberg CMCI Gold ETN	The ETRACS CMCI Gold Total Return ETN tracks an index of gold futures contracts. It uses a set of 5 futures contracts of different maturities to maintain its exposure. ...Full Details	0.3%	1	NA	Precious Metals
SIVR	ETFS Physical Silver Shares	The ETFS Physical Silver ETF tracks the silver spot price less holding costs using silver bullion held in vaults by HSBC. ...Full Details	0.3%	1	NA	Precious Metals
SGOL	ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares	The ETFS Physical Swiss Gold ETF tracks the gold spot price, less holding costs, using gold bars held in a vault in Zurich. ...Full Details	0.39%	1	NA	Precious Metals
GLD	SPDR Gold Trust	The SPDR Gold Trust tracks the gold spot price, less expenses and liabilities, using gold bars held in London vaults. ...Full Details ...Candlestick Patterns.	0.4%	1	NA	Precious Metals
OUNZ	Van Eck Merk Gold Trust	The Van Eck Merk Gold Trust tracks the gold spot price, less expenses, using gold bars and coins held in London vaults. Investors can redeem their shares for gold in increments of 1 troy oz. ...Full Details	0.4%	1	Annually	Precious Metals
USV	E-TRACS UBS Bloomberg CMCI Silver ETN	The ETRACS CMCI Silver Total Return ETN tracks an index of silver futures contracts. It uses a set of 5 futures contracts of different maturities to maintain its exposure. ...Full Details	0.4%	1	NA	Precious Metals
SBUG	iPath Silver ETN	SBUG tracks the Barclay’s Silver 3 Month Index Total Return by rolling specified near term silver futures contracts. ...Full Details	0.4%	0		Precious Metals
JJPB	iPath Series B Bloomberg Precious Metals Subindex Total Return ETN	The iPath Series B Bloomberg Precious Metals Subindex Total Return ETN tracks an index designed to provide exposure to gold and silver through futures contracts. ...Full Details	0.45%	2	Annually	Precious Metals
PGMB	iPath Series B Bloomberg Platinum Subindex Total Return ETN	The iPath Series B Bloomberg Platinum Subindex Total Return ETN tracks an index of one platinum futures contract at a time, rolled every three months. ...Full Details	0.45%	1	Annually	Precious Metals
PLTM	GraniteShares Platinum Trust	PLTM tracks the platinum spot price, less trust expenses and liabilities, using physically held platinum stored and secured in vaults in London. ...Full Details	0.5%	1	Annually	Precious Metals
SLV	iShares Silver Trust	The iShares Silver Trust tracks the silver spot price, less expenses and liabilities, using silver bullion held in London. ...Full Details ...Candlestick Patterns.	0.5%	1	NA	Precious Metals
GLTR	ETFS Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares	The ETFS Physical Precious Metals Basket tracks the spot prices of a basket of gold, silver, platinum and palladium, less holding costs, using bullion held in London and Zurich. ...Full Details	0.6%	4	NA	Precious Metals
PALL	ETFS Physical Palladium Shares	The ETFS Physical Palladium ETF tracks the palladium spot price less holding costs using palladium bullion held in London and Zurich. ...Full Details	0.6%	1	NA	Precious Metals
PPLT	ETFS Physical Platinum Shares	The ETFS Physical Platinum ETF tracks the platinum spot price less holding costs using platinum bullion held in London and Zurich. ...Full Details	0.6%	1	NA	Precious Metals
GLDI	Credit Suisse X-Links Gold Shares Covered Call ETN	The Credit Suisse X-Links Gold Shares Covered Call ETN offers the returns of a covered call strategy comprised of shares of the ETF GLD, a physical gold ETF, and one month call options with a strike price of 103% of GLD. ...Full Details	0.65%	1	Monthly	Precious Metals
SLVO	Credit Suisse X-Links Silver Shares Covered Call ETN	The Credit Suisse X-Links Silver Shares Covered Call ETN offers the returns of a covered-call strategy comprising long shares of a physical silver ETF (SLV) and short 1-month call options with a strike price of 106% of SLV. ...Full Details	0.65%	1	Monthly	Precious Metals
DBP	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	The Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund tracks an index of gold and silver futures contracts. It optimizes its contract selection based on the shape of the futures curve to minimize contango. ...Full Details	0.75%	2	NA	Precious Metals
DGL	Invesco DB Gold Fund	The Invesco DB Gold Fund tracks an index of gold futures contracts. To minimize contango, it optimizes its contract selection based on the shape of the futures curve. ...Full Details	0.75%	1	NA	Precious Metals
DBS	Invesco DB Silver Fund	The Invesco DB Silver Fund tracks an index of silver futures contracts. It optimizes its contract selection based on the shape of the futures curve to minimize contango. ...Full Details	0.75%	1	NA	Precious Metals
SPPP	Sprott Physical Platinum and Palladium Trust	The Sprott Physical Platinum and Palladium Trust (SPPP) is a closed-end trust that invests in unencumbered and fully-allocated Good Delivery physical platinum and palladium bullion ...Full Details	1.13%	1	NA	Precious Metals

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How Precious Metal ETFs Work

These precious metal ETFs work in mutiple ways, and it is important for investors to understand each of their themes.
First type of precious metal ETFs work by simply selecting a group of companies which are in the business of exploration, mining, extraction, development, production and even restoration of instruments and jewels using the precious metals like gold, silver and platinum. These kind of precious metal ETFs invest in the stocks of such companies, which can be selected by the ETF fund manager either on the basis of those companies being included in a particular precious metal stock market index, or the fund managers may actively select such companies based on their own defined investment objectives.
The second type of precious metal ETFs are the ones which take a position in one or more derivatives contracts based on the precious metals, and attempt to generate returns through the price movements that get reflected in the derivatives contracts of such metals. Typical financial instruments that are used for such precious metal ETF investments are the futures contracts on gold, silver or platinum.
The third kind of precious metal ETFs are the ones which directly purchase the physical metal and store it safely in a certified vault under the purview of a custodian. As the demand and supply of the ETF units move, the fund manager buys and sells the appropriate amount of metal.

Where do Precious Metals ETFs Invest?

A long list of companies and different financial instruments exist where the Precious Metals exchange-traded funds may invest the money collected from the ETF investors. Below is a small sample of companies whose stocks may qualify for investment by Precious Metals ETFs, though there can be many more businesses and financial instruments where these ETFs can park the capital for returns:
▶ Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. (MPVD): Mountain Province Diamonds Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiaries, focuses on the mining and marketing of rough diamonds worldwide. The company's primary asset is its 49% interest in the Gahcho K....Full Details....Dividend History

▶ Pan American Silver Corp. (PAAS): Pan American Silver Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in exploration, extraction, processing, refining, and reclamation of silver mines. The company owns and operates silver mines located....Full Details....Dividend History

▶ Barrick Gold Corp (GOLD): Barrick Gold Corporation explores for and develops mineral properties. The company primarily explores for gold, copper, and silver deposits. It holds a 50% interest in the Veladero, a gold mine locate....Full Details....Dividend History

▶ Alamos Gold Inc. (AGI): Alamos Gold Inc. is a Canada-based company, which is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and extraction of precious metals. The Companys segments include Young-Davidson, Mulatos, El Chanate and Corporate/other. ....Full Details....Dividend History

▶ Eldorado Gold Corporation (EGO): Eldorado Gold Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and mining of gold properties in Turkey, Greece, Brazil, Serbia, Canada, and Romania. The company ho....Full Details....Dividend History

▶ Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (FSM): Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. is a Canada-based mining company engaged in silver mining and related activities in Latin America, including exploration, extraction and processing. The Company operates the Caylloma silver, lead, and zinc mine....Full Details....Dividend History

Company (Ticker)	Company Description	Market Cap	%YTD Gains
BHP Billiton (BHP)	BHP Group discovers, acquires, develops, and markets natural resources worldwide. The company engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties; and mining of copper, s...See Company Profile ...Dividend History.	$164.53 billion	19.43%
Rio Tinto (RIO)	Rio Tinto plc, a mining and metals company, explores for, develops, produces, and processes minerals and metals worldwide. It finds, mines, and processes mineral resources, including aluminum, copper,...See Company Profile ...Dividend History.	$93.79 billion	26.72%
VALE SA (VALE)	Vale S.A., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells iron ore and iron ore pellets for use as raw materials in steelmaking in Brazil and internationally. It operates through Ferrous Minerals,...See Company Profile ...Dividend History. ...Candlestick Patterns	$85.98 billion	26.97%
Southern Copper (SCCO)	Southern Copper Corporation, incorporated on September 7, 1995, is an integrated copper producer. The Company principally produces copper and, in the production process, obtains several by-products, including molybdenum, silver, zinc, ...See Company Profile ...Dividend History.	$50.34 billion	53.3%
Newmont Mining (NEM)	Newmont Mining Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates in the mining industry. The company primarily acquires, develops, explores for, and produces gold, copper, and silver. Its operatio...See Company Profile ...Dividend History.	$48.11 billion	37.84%
Barrick Gold (GOLD)	Barrick Gold Corporation explores for and develops mineral properties. The company primarily explores for gold, copper, and silver deposits. It holds a 50% interest in the Veladero, a gold mine locate...See Company Profile ...Dividend History. ...Candlestick Patterns	$40.37 billion	22.7%
Freeport-McMoRan (FCX)	Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX), incorporated on November 10, 1987, is a mining company. The Company operates through geographical assets with proven and probable reserves of copper, gold and molybdenum, and traded ...See Company Profile ...Dividend History. ...Candlestick Patterns	$37.8 billion	98.32%
Franco-Nevada (FNV)	Franco-Nevada Corporation operates as a gold-focused royalty and stream company in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Australia, and Africa. The company also holds interests in silver, pl...See Company Profile ...Dividend History.	$23.8 billion	21.33%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)	Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (Agnico Eagle), incorporated on June 1, 1972, is a gold producer with mining operations in northwestern Quebec, northern Mexico, northern Finland and Nunavut and exploration activities ...See Company Profile ...Dividend History.	$17.01 billion	14.45%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)	AngloGold Ashanti Limited operates as a gold mining company. It also produces silver, uranium, and sulphuric acid; and dóre bars. The company operates 14 mines and 3 projects in 10 countries in South...See Company Profile ...Dividend History.	$9.41 billion	1.25%