WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Equity Strategy Fund
$66.00−1.50 (−2.22%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.20%
- Fund size
- $479M
- 1Y return
- +25.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.94%
- Holdings
- 502
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $66.92
- 52W range
The ETF.net GDE Grade
Score 70 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 94Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 97Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 31Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 62Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 68Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 79Category rank
Our read on GDE
AGold and US large caps, stacked on the same dollar. GDE holds roughly 500 US large-cap stocks and layers gold futures on top, so the metal rides along instead of crowding equities out of the portfolio.
The fund seeks total return by investing directly or through a wholly owned subsidiary in U.S.-listed gold futures contracts and U.S. large-cap equity securities.
Why people hold it
- The capital-efficiency trick: gold futures sit on top of a US large-cap stock sleeve, so making room for the metal doesn't mean selling down equities.
- 0.20% a year, a fraction of the typical multi-asset allocation fund's fee, and priced level with WisdomTree's Treasury-stacking sibling NTSX.
- Trades easily for a strategy this unusual, and it has been running live since 2022 rather than arriving as a fresh backtest.
- Rare shape in the allocation aisle: most peers blend stocks and bonds, this one blends stocks and gold, and it grades near the top of that group.
Worth knowing
- Stacking works both ways. Two exposures riding one dollar means declines can bite harder than a plain US large-cap fund, and it scores as the riskier end of its cohort.
- Gold comes through futures held in a wholly owned subsidiary, which brings roll and collateral mechanics you don't get with a plain bullion holding.
- Distributions arrive annually or semiannually, so this is a total-return build rather than an income stream.
GDE Holdings
- Other
- 502
- 44%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology38.4%
- Financials12.6%
- Communication10.6%
- Consumer Discr.9.3%
- Health Care9.1%
- Industrials7.2%
- Cons. Staples5.0%
- Energy3.5%
- Utilities1.8%
- Real Estate1.4%
- Materials1.4%
Geography
- United States98.86%
- Ireland0.42%
- United Kingdom0.21%
- Switzerland0.16%
- Singapore0.10%
- Australia0.07%
- Uruguay0.06%
- Netherlands0.04%
- 0.09%
GDE Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | GDE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.8% |
| 1 month | −4.2% |
| 3 months | +6.8% |
| 1 year | +25.8% |
| 3 years | +47.4% |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | GDE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.8% | |
| 2025 | +73.8% | |
| 2024 | +44.7% | |
| 2023 | +33.9% | |
| 2022 | −18.7% |
GDE in the news
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GDE Dividends
- 3.94%
- $2.66
- $0.14 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Oct 30, 2025 | $2.52 |
| Dec 26, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | $0.12 |
| Oct 28, 2024 | Oct 30, 2024 | $2.53 |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Dec 28, 2023 | $0.09 |
| Oct 25, 2023 | Oct 30, 2023 | $0.52 |
| Dec 23, 2022 | Dec 29, 2022 | $0.08 |
| Oct 25, 2022 | Oct 28, 2022 | $0.09 |
GDE Risk
- 20.3%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.75
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −32.0%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.99
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
GDE Cost
- The middle half of Capital-Efficient Allocation funds
- Median 0.67%
No Capital-Efficient Allocation fund charges less.