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Are you using these ETFs to hedge inflation, or betting on precious metal price rallies? Share your investment strategy below!

Precious metals Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) offer investors a convenient way to invest in precious metals. These funds typically hold physical metals such as gold, silver, and platinum in bank vaults, allowing investors to directly benefit from price fluctuations of precious metals while eliminating the cumbersome processes and additional costs of purchasing, insuring, and storing metals themselves.

Including precious metals in an investment portfolio helps achieve diversified asset allocation, effectively hedge against inflation risks, and protect funds from the depreciation of fiat currencies.

As of early 2026, there are 25 precious metals ETFs in the market with varying investment strategies: some directly hold physical precious metals; others indirectly track metal prices through derivatives like futures contracts; and there are also ETFs that invest in stocks of precious metals mining companies. Among them, ETFs that directly invest in physical precious metals usually perform better, as they can accurately match the price trends of the precious metals themselves after deducting fees.

Below are the three most noteworthy precious metals ETFs currently:

1. $SPDR Gold ETF(GLD)$

SPDR Gold Shares is the largest gold ETF currently available. The fund’s assets consist almost entirely of gold bars stored in bank vaults and a small amount of cash. This strategy allows investors to participate in gold price rallies without holding physical gold, while significantly reducing insurance, storage costs, and the risk of loss.

The ETF offers extremely high liquidity, enabling holders to quickly sell shares for cash when needed. Investors are charged an expense ratio of 0.4%. While this fee may cause the fund’s price to slightly underperform physical gold over the long term, the convenience it provides makes the cost relatively reasonable compared to other investment channels. For example, many gold mining stocks have underperformed gold for years due to issues such as cost overruns in mine development, mismanagement, or excessive debt. Therefore, SPDR Gold Shares is an excellent choice for investors looking to roughly track gold prices.

2. $iShares Silver Trust(SLV)$

iShares Silver Trust is the largest silver ETF. The fund holds physical silver bars stored in bank vaults, providing investors with a convenient way to participate in silver price rallies and effectively avoiding the troubles and risks associated with purchasing silver stocks or physical silver coins.

This ETF also offers excellent liquidity, with a reasonable expense ratio of 0.5%. Although this fee makes its long-term performance slightly lag behind silver itself, the fund still allows investors to roughly match silver price trends and provides more certain returns than investing in silver mining stocks—many of which also face operational issues that can cause their stock prices to significantly underperform silver prices.

3. $abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF(PPLT)$

For investors looking to invest in platinum, abrdn Standard Physical Platinum Shares ETF provides a direct channel. Platinum is a key precious metal primarily used in catalytic converters in the automotive industry. The ETF holds physical platinum bars stored in bank vaults and is one of the few investment tools focused on platinum.

While investors can also purchase platinum bars or platinum jewelry directly, there are very few listed companies specializing in this rare industrial metal. Even related companies usually mine multiple metals simultaneously, making their stock prices unable to directly and purely reflect platinum values. These inherent challenges in investing in platinum make the ETF’s 0.6% expense ratio more reasonable.

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