Gold Best of Biggest ETFs as Traders Seek Haven: Riskless Return
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Exchange-traded funds tracking gold and inflation-protected Treasuries provided the best risk-adjusted returns of the biggest ETFs in the past five years as record stimulus by the Federal Reserve sent investors searching for inflation havens.
The BLOOMBERG RISKLESS RETURN RANKING shows the SPDR Gold Trust gained 5.9 percent in the five years ended yesterday when adjusting for price swings, topping the list of the 10 largest exchange-traded funds in the U.S., data compiled by Bloomberg show. iShares Barclays US Treasury Inflation Protected Securities ranks second with a return of 5.8 percent.