With gold prices nearing $1,900and more assets flowing in, the SPDR Gold ETF has become the largest ETF in the world, surpassing the heavily-traded S&P 500 SPDR.
The SPDR Gold ETF passed the S&P 500 SPDR for the first time on Friday. It remained #1 as of yesterday’s close with $77.5 billion in assets, about $1 billion more than the S&P 500 SPDR, according to State Street Global Advisors, the marketer of the 2 ETFs.