List of Gold ETFs

If you are considering adding a gold or precious metal ETF to your portfolio to either hedge some risk or gain exposure to these particular commodities, here are some of the main ETFs and ETNs in this sector you should be watching.

For more information on each exchange traded fund or note, click on the listing for a description of the security to help you decide if any of these types of gold ETFs should be a part of your investing strategy. And as new gold ETFs come to market, I will be updating this list so we don't miss any opportunities.

And if you are looking for inverse gold ETFs, then check out the list of short gold ETFs

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Gold & Metal Exchange Traded Funds

AGOL - ETFS Physical Asian Gold Shares ETF

DUST - Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3x Shares ETF

FSG - FactorShares 2X Gold Bull/S&P500 Bear ETF

GDX - the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF

GDXJ - Market Vectors Gold Miners Junior ETF

GGGG - Global X Pure Gold Miners ETF

GLD - StreetTracks Gold Shares ETF

GLDX - Global X Gold Explorers ETF

GLL - the UltraShort Gold ProShares ETF

GLZ - IQ Global Gold Small Cap Equity ETF

HUG - Horizons BetaPro COMEX Gold ETF

IAU - iShares COMEX Gold Trust ETF

NUGT - Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3x Shares ETF

SGOL - ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares ETF

TBAR - RBS Gold Trendpilot ETN

UGL - the ProShares Ultra Gold ETF

RING - iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners Fund

DBB - PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund ETF

DBP - PowerShares DB Precious Metals Fund ETF

GLTR - ETFS Physical Precious Metal Basket Shares

PSAU - the PowerShares Global Gold & Precious Metals ETF

XME - the SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF

AGQ - the ProShares Ultra Silver ETF

DBS - PowerShares DB Silver Fund ETF

HUZ - Horizons BetaPro COMEX Silver ETF

SIL - Global X Silver Miners ETF

SLVP - iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners Fund

SIVR - ETFS Physical Silver Shares ETF

SLV - iShares Silver Trust ETF

ZSL - ProShares UltraShort Silver ETF

COPX - Global X Copper Miners ETF

CU - First Trust ISE Global Copper Index Fund

PALL - the ETFS Palladium Physical Shares ETF

PPLT - the ETFS Platinum Physical Shares ETF

PLTM - First Trust ISE Global Platinum Index ETF

WITE - ETFS Physical WM Basket Shares ETF

Gold & Metal Exchange Traded Notes

DGP - DB Gold Double Long ETN

DGZ - DB Gold Short ETN

DZZ - DB Gold Double Short ETN

GOE - MLCX Gold Elements ETN

JJC - iPath DJ-UBS Copper Total Return Sub-Index ETN

JJM - iPath DJ-AIG Industrial Metals Total Return Sub-Index ETN

JJN - iPath DJ-AIG Nickel Total Return Sub-Index ETN

JJP - iPath DJ-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index ETN

PGM - iPath DJ-UBS Platinum TR Sub-Index ETN

PTM - E-TRACS UBS Long Platinum ETN

PTD - E-TRACS UBS Short Platinum ETN

SPGH - S&P 500 Gold Hedged ETN

UBG - E-TRACS UBS Bloomberg CMCI Gold Total Return ETN

UBM - E-TRACS UBS Bloomberg CMCI Industrial Metals Index ETN

USV - E-TRACS UBS Bloomberg CMCI Silver Index ETN

UGLD - 3x Long Gold ETN

DGLD - 3x Inverse Gold ETN

ETFs and ETNs have many advantages, especially when it comes to taxes, so maybe it’s time you got started with exchange traded funds.

+Mark Kennedy