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In this episode, Ron DeLegge referees a battle between two gold ETFs and one gold mining ETF, judged by industry experts.

Send us Fan Mail In this Season 6 episode of ETF Battles, Ron DeLegge ‪@etfguide‬ referees an audience requested battle between two gold ETFs, and one gold mining ETF. Who wins the battle? Program judges David Dierking at TheStreet and Athanasios Psarofagis at Bloomberg examine this ETF battle between IAU (iShares), GLD (State Street), and GDX (VanEck). Each ETF is judged against the other in key categories like cost, exposure strategy, performance, yield and a mystery category. Find out w...

People in this episode

Host: Ron DeLegge

Guests: David Dierking, Athanasios Psarofagis

Topics covered

• ETF comparison
• gold ETFs
• gold mining ETFs
• investment strategies
• performance analysis

Keywords

• ETF battles
• IAU
• GLD
• GDX
• investment performance
• cost analysis
• exposure strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TheStreet, Bloomberg, iShares, State Street, VanEck

Products: IAU, GLD, GDX

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