iShares Silver Trust
Price through Oct 2 · Flows through Oct 1. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 2. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 2.
The Trust seeks to reflect such performance before payment of the Trust's expenses and liabilities. It is not actively managed. The Trust does not engage in any activities designed to obtain a profit from, or to ameliorate losses caused by, changes in the price of silver.
SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET −$1.6B OVER THIS RANGE
Money keeps arriving — +$305M of net inflows over the past month, about 1.0% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -15.0% so far this year. At 0.50% a year it is not the cheapest way in — GLD has a reported fee of 0.40%.
COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH
| # | Holding | Weight | Price | Day | 52-wk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | —Silver bullion | 100.00% | — | — | — |
| 1 week | -5.8% |
| 1 month | -7.3% |
| 3 months | -0.5% |
| 6 months | -19.7% |
| YTD | -15.0% |
| 1 year | +28.7% |
| 3 years | — |
PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED
| 1 week | +$305M |
| 1 month | +$305M |
| 3 months | +$305M |
| YTD | −$3.3B |
| 1 year | −$1.6B |
CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS
The top holding is 100.0% of the book; the top ten carry 100%. Spread across 1+ names, it behaves like roughly 1 equally-weighted positions.
VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK
Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SLV on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.
| Fund | Fee | Assets | Flow, 1M | The case | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSIG Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF | 0.14% | $9492.18T | — | -36bp on fee · 316809× the assets | Head-to-head |
| GMUN Goldman Sachs ETF Trust Goldman | 0.15% | $9995.08T | — | -35bp on fee · 333594× the assets | Head-to-head |
| GSLC Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF | 0.09% | $12.7B | — | -41bp on fee | Head-to-head |
| GSEW Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF | 0.09% | $821M | — | -41bp on fee | Head-to-head |
| GUSA Goldman Sachs MarketBeta U.S. 1000 Equity ETF | 0.11% | $1.7B | — | -39bp on fee | Head-to-head |