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Gold and commodity funds
Gold, silver, oil and other raw materials. They pay no dividends or interest — returns come only from price changes.
Go to the 155 funds- Funds with a price
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- Typical ongoing charge
- 0.40% a year · £40 on £10,000
- Lowest ongoing charge
- 0.11% a year
How to compare gold and commodity funds
What differs from one fund to the next. None of it says which fund to choose.
- What it follows
- The index a tracker copies, or the strategy a manager follows. Two funds on the same index hold much the same companies. Index funds
- Ongoing charge
- Taken from the fund’s value every year. 0.20% is about £20 a year on £10,000, before any platform fee. Ongoing charges figure
- Income
- Accumulating share classes reinvest income inside the fund; distributing ones pay it out as cash. Accumulating or distributing
- Currency
- Hedged share classes aim to take out currency moves against the pound; unhedged ones keep them. Currency hedging
- Returns after inflation
- Past returns with UK inflation (CPIH) taken out, dated and sourced. They say nothing certain about the future. How real returns are worked out
- Holdings overlap
- How much of two funds is the same companies at the same weights. A high figure means owning both is close to owning one. Compare two funds
Specific to gold and commodity funds: Commodity products pay no income; their return comes only from the price. Check whether the product holds the metal or uses derivatives.
Funds (155)
Showing 121–155 of 155 gold and commodity funds, ordered by fund size, largest first. An order is not a ranking of quality.
| Fund | Charge | 1 year | 5 years | 5y real (return over 5 years after inflation) | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEATWisdomTree Heating OilWisdomTreeGB00B15KXY63ETCISASIPP | 0.54% | +128.6% | +382.1% | +276.3% | £11.3m |
| ETRAL&G New Energy Commodities UCITS ETF Acc USDL&GIE000BLN64M9ETFISASIPP | 0.65% | +13.4% | Not available | Not available | £10.1m |
| METAWisdomTree Industrial Metals EnhancedWisdomTreeIE00BF4TWC33ETFISASIPP | 0.40% | +13.8% | +25.8% | −1.8% | £9.4m |
| SLVIIncomeShares Silver+ Yield ETPIncomeSharesXS3068774614ETPISASIPP | 0.52% | −20.9% | Not available | Not available | £9.2m |
| PIMTWisdomTree Industrial Metals - GBP Daily HedgedWisdomTreeJE00B63MJ075ETCISASIPP | 0.54% | +15.7% | +13.5% | −11.4% | £9.0m |
| 0VQYUBS Palladium ETF Units USD accUBSCH0118929022ETFNot usually ISASIPP | 0.35% | −27.3% | −48.7% | −60.0% | £7.4m |
| TINMWisdomTree TinWisdomTreeJE00B2QY0H68ETCISASIPP | 0.54% | +28.9% | +40.5% | +9.7% | £6.0m |
| AIGOWisdomTree PetroleumWisdomTreeGB00B15KYC19ETCISASIPP | 0.54% | +99.7% | +197.3% | +132.1% | £5.7m |
| XDBGXtrackers Bloomberg Commodity ex-Agriculture & Livestock Swap UCITS ETF 3C - GBP HedgedXtrackersLU0460391906ETFISASIPP | 0.39% | +25.4% | +62.2% | +26.6% | £5.6m |
| WTIBWisdomTree Bloomberg WTI Crude OilWisdomTreeIE00BVFZGC04ETFISASIPP | 0.66% | +81.0% | +123.6% | +74.5% | £5.5m |
| UGASWisdomTree GasolineWisdomTreeGB00B15KXW40ETCISASIPP | 0.49% | +69.6% | +189.3% | +125.8% | £4.1m |
| XFRMWisdomTree Broad Commodities Ex-Agriculture and LivestockWisdomTreeJE00B6SV8B36ETCISASIPP | 0.49% | +44.1% | +77.6% | +38.6% | £3.7m |
| BRNLCoreShares Brent Oil ETCCoreSharesXS2691037282ETCISASIPP | 0.35% | +90.9% | Not available | Not available | £3.6m |
| PBRTWisdomTree Brent Crude Oil - GBP Daily HedgedWisdomTreeJE00B766LB87ETCISASIPP | 0.49% | +78.2% | +115.0% | +67.8% | £3.3m |
| FAGRWisdomTree Agriculture Longer Dated (German Cert.)WisdomTreeJE00B24DMK23ETCISASIPP | 0.49% | +2.9% | +15.9% | −9.5% | £3.2m |
| CATLWisdomTree Live CattleWisdomTreeGB00B15KY096ETCISASIPP | 0.45% | +2.2% | +74.9% | +36.5% | £2.7m |
| HOGSWisdomTree Lean HogsWisdomTreeJE00BN7KB771ETCISASIPP | 0.54% | −28.4% | −21.1% | −38.4% | £2.2m |
| AIGLWisdomTree LivestockWisdomTreeGB00B15KYK92ETCISASIPP | 0.49% | −7.4% | +37.7% | +7.5% | £2.2m |
| FAIGWisdomTree Broad Commodities Longer DatedWisdomTreeJE00B24DMC49ETCISASIPP | 0.54% | +22.0% | +55.8% | +21.6% | £1.9m |
| SOYOWisdomTree Soybean OilWisdomTreeGB00B15KY435ETCISASIPP | 0.49% | +30.1% | +39.4% | +8.8% | £1.8m |
| PCRDWisdomTree WTI Crude Oil - GBP Daily HedgedWisdomTreeJE00B6RV6N28ETCISASIPP | 0.54% | +83.1% | +117.0% | +69.4% | £1.8m |
| FBRTWisdomTree Brent Crude Oil Longer DatedWisdomTreeJE00B78CP782ETCISASIPP | 0.49% | +56.4% | +84.6% | +44.1% | £1.7m |
| FCRUWisdomTree WTI Crude Oil Longer DatedWisdomTreeJE00B24DLX86ETCISASIPP | 0.54% | +71.7% | +117.4% | +69.7% | £1.6m |
| BENEWisdomTree Energy EnhancedWisdomTreeIE00BF4TWF63ETFISASIPP | 0.40% | +67.8% | +70.3% | +33.0% | £1.4m |
| LEEDWisdomTree LeadWisdomTreeJE00B2QY0436ETCISASIPP | 0.49% | −14.8% | −23.1% | −40.0% | £1.4m |
| CPERCoreShares Copper ETCCoreSharesXS2702787875ETCISASIPP | 0.35% | +20.0% | Not available | Not available | £1.3m |
| WTILCoreShares WTI Oil ETCCoreSharesXS2691037878ETCISASIPP | 0.35% | +86.1% | Not available | Not available | £660k |
| ENEFWisdomTree Energy Longer DatedWisdomTreeJE00B24DMD55ETCISASIPP | 0.54% | +43.8% | +55.3% | +21.2% | £590k |
| Borse Commodities GmbH Xetra-GoldDE000A0S9GB0FundISASIPP | 0.36% | −1.1% | +131.5% | +80.7% | Not available |
| 0E4XEasy Energy & Metals Enhanced Roll -UCITS ETF EUR- CapitalisationBNP ParibasLU1291109616ETFISASIPP | 0.63% | +36.8% | +100.2% | +56.3% | Not available |
| OIL1ONYX ETC Securities PLCXS3035884850ETCISASIPP | Not published | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| BRT3UBS ETC On UBS Bloomberg CMCI Brent Crude Oil Index - 3 MonthUBSCH0348206142ETCISASIPP | 0.30% | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Xtrackers Physical Gold ETC (EUR)DE000A1E0HR8ETCISASIPP | 0.25% | −1.5% | +139.4% | +86.8% | Not available |
| Xtrackers Physical Gold EUR Hedged ETCDE000A1EK0G3ETCISASIPP | 0.59% | −8.5% | +92.8% | +50.5% | Not available |
| Xtrackers Physical Silver EUR Hedged ETCDE000A1EK0J7ETCISASIPP | 0.75% | +8.8% | +91.2% | +49.2% | Not available |
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Funds by the index they track
Each page lists every UK fund on one index, by name, with charges and share classes. These are the indices most of the gold and commodity funds here track.
- LBMA Gold Price PM funds (20 here)
- LBMA Silver Price funds (7 here)
- Bloomberg Commodity funds (6 here)
- Barclays Backwardation Tilt Multi-Strategy Capped funds (4 here)
- Disc. Platinum London PM Fix funds (4 here)
- Bloomberg ex-Agriculture & Livestock 15/30 Capped 3 Month Forward funds (3 here)
- UBS Bloomberg CMCI Composite Monthly Hedged to CHF funds (3 here)
Questions people ask
What are gold and commodity funds?
Gold, silver, oil and other raw materials. They pay no dividends or interest — returns come only from price changes.
How many gold and commodity funds does Fundology track?
Fundology holds a recorded closing price for 155 UK-listed gold and commodity funds open to UK investors. The list changes as funds launch and close.
How much do gold and commodity funds cost?
The typical (median) ongoing charge among the gold and commodity funds Fundology tracks is 0.40% a year, about £40 a year on every £10,000. The lowest is 0.11%. The charge is taken from the fund’s value rather than billed, and a lower charge does not mean a higher return.
What is worth checking when comparing gold and commodity funds?
The index or strategy each fund follows, its ongoing charge, whether it reinvests income or pays it out, currency hedging, its size, and how much its holdings overlap with funds already held.
How is this list ordered?
By fund size, largest first, unless another order is chosen. Size says how widely a fund is held, not how good it is, and no order on this page is a recommendation.
Related groups
Ready-made mixes, property, commodities, trusts and higher-risk products.