GDE vs NTSD: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Equity Strategy Fund

GDEBCboe

Wisdomtree Efficient U.s. Plus International Equity Fund

NTSDBNYSE Arca

Overlap

82.7%by weight

Expense ratio

GDE −0.16pt a year

GDE0.20%NTSD0.36%

Avg volume · 30D

GDE 11.7×the volume

GDE125KNTSD10.7K

GDE vs NTSD Performance

Jul 31, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026

−2.5%GDE−0.6%NTSD

Expense ratio: GDE 0.20%, better; NTSD 0.36%
Fund size: GDE $375M; NTSD $52M
1Y total return: GDE +3.1%; NTSD No data
Yield (12M): GDE 16.98%; NTSD No data
Holdings: GDE 498; NTSD 506
Avg volume (30D): GDE 125K sh, better; NTSD 10.7K sh
NAV per share: GDE $51.01; NTSD $46.12
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for GDE, NTSD, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	GDE	NTSD
Cost30% weight	A94Higher	B67
Mission25% weight	A98	A98
Risk15% weight	D25	A78Higher
Tradability15% weight	B61Higher	D39
Holdings10% weight	B68	A72Higher
Durability5% weight	A78Higher	C44

Rank among Capital-Efficient Allocation funds

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Same Category. GDE and NTSD are both graded against the same 19 Capital-Efficient Allocation funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Capital-Efficient Allocation⁠

Category · 19 funds

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GDE ranks 3rd and NTSD 5th of 19 funds in the Capital-Efficient Allocation Category.

Rank 1ANTSXWisdomTree U.S. Efficient Core FundScore 78
Rank 2ACTAPSimplify US Equity PLUS Managed Futures Strategy ETFScore 71
Rank 3BGDEWisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Equity Strategy FundScore 69
Rank 4BNTSIWisdomTree International Efficient Core FundScore 68
Rank 5BALLWState Street Bridgewater All Weather ETFScore 62
Rank 5BNTSDWisdomtree Efficient U.s. Plus International Equity FundScore 62
Rank 7BRSSBReturn Stacked Global Stocks & Bonds ETFScore 60

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

GDEBWisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Equity Strategy Fund

NTSDBWisdomtree Efficient U.s. Plus International Equity Fund

In short

GDE Gold 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.

NTSD No data

Stated mandate

GDE 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.

NTSD No data

Why people hold it

GDE 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.

NTSD No data

Worth knowing

GDE 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.

NTSD No data

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Full NTSD profile⁠

GDE vs NTSD Holdings

How GDE and NTSD differ

Overlap by weight

82.7%

Shared holdings make up 100% of GDE and 97.4% of NTSD.

Level by level

Holdings467 in both82.7%
Asset classAlternatives100%
Countryby domicile99.9%

Sector

No Sector split for NTSD.

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in GDE and NTSD, widest gap first
Country	More in GDEMore in NTSD	GDE	NTSD
United States	GDE +0.1 points	98.9%	98.8%
Ireland	NTSD +0.1 points	0.4%	0.5%
United Kingdom	Same weight	0.2%	0.2%
Switzerland	Same weight	0.2%	0.2%
Australia	Same weight	0.1%	0.1%
Uruguay	Same weight	0.1%	0.1%
Singapore	Same weight	0.1%	0.1%
Netherlands	GDE +0.1 points	0.1%	0.0%
Other countries (2)	Same weight	0.1%	0.1%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

GDE44.7%
NTSD44.3%

Securities held

GDE496
NTSD504

Asset class

GDE: Alternatives
NTSD: Alternatives

Holdings

Only in GDE29
In both467
Only in NTSD37

Only in GDE

29 securities, 3.6% of GDE by weight

Berkshire Hathaway Inc1.82%
Health Care REIT Inc0.24%
Marsh & Mclennan Cos0.20%
Hansen Natural Corp0.19%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp0.18%
Motorola Inc0.14%
Block Inc - A0.10%
Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc0.10%
Quintiles IMS Holdings Inc0.09%
Kraft Foods Inc0.08%
Taser International Inc0.06%
priceline.com Inc0.06%
American IntL Group Inc0.05%
Equity Residential0.05%
Intl Flavors & Fragrances0.05%
SAIC Inc0.04%
Kraft Foods Group0.04%
GE Healthcare Technologies W/I0.03%
Fiserv Inc0.03%
Pure Storage Inc - Class A0.03%
Tempur Sealy International I0.02%
Paramount Skydance Corp0.01%
Willis Towers Watson Plc0.01%
Paddy Power Betfair PLC<0.01%
Burlington Stores Inc<0.01%
Babcock & Wilcox Co/The<0.01%
Crh PLC<0.01%
CB Richard Ellis Group Inc<0.01%
Chesapeake Energy Corp<0.01%

Only in NTSD

37 securities, 3.4% of NTSD by weight

Berkshire Hathaway Inc1.58%
Welltower OP Inc0.18%
Booking Holdings Inc0.17%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp0.14%
Monster Beverage Corp0.13%
Marsh & Mclennan Cos0.12%
Mondelez International Inc.0.12%
Motorola Solutions Inc0.12%
American Intl Group Inc0.08%
Iqvia Holdings Inc0.06%
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc0.06%
CBRE Group Inc - A0.06%
Block Inc - A0.06%
MercadoLibre Inc0.05%
Equity Residential0.04%
Curtiss-Wright Corp0.04%
GE Healthcare Technologies W/I0.04%
Fiserv Inc0.04%
Intl Flavors & Fragrances0.04%
Kraft Heinz Co/The0.04%
Crh PLC0.04%
Axon Enterprise Inc.0.03%
EQT Corp0.03%
Leidos Holdings Inc.0.03%
Pure Storage Inc - Class A0.02%
Tempur Sealy International I0.02%
Rivian Automotive Inc-A0.02%
Willis Towers Watson Plc0.02%
Chesapeake Energy Corp0.01%
Paramount Skydance Corp0.01%
DTE Energy Co<0.01%
TKO Group Holdings Inc<0.01%
BWX Technologies Inc<0.01%
Fabrinet<0.01%
Flutter Entertainment Plc-Di<0.01%
Carpenter Technology Corp<0.01%
MasTec Inc<0.01%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 467 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in GDE and NTSD, widest gap first
Holding	More in GDEMore in NTSD	GDE	NTSD
Apple IncAAPL	GDE +1.85 points	8.83%	6.98%
Nvidia CorpNVDA	GDE +1.50 points	8.32%	6.82%
Microsoft CorpMSFT	GDE +1.40 points	6.57%	5.17%
Google IncGOOGL	GDE +1.20 points	5.69%	4.49%
Amazon.com IncAMZN	GDE +1.18 points	4.47%	3.29%
JPMorgan Chase & CoJPM	GDE +0.54 points	1.79%	1.25%
Eli Lilly & CoLLY	GDE +0.52 points	2.38%	1.86%
Visa IncV	GDE +0.52 points	1.61%	1.09%
Exxonmobil Holdings CorpXOM	GDE +0.49 points	1.59%	1.10%
Meta PlatformsInc. Cl AMETA	GDE +0.45 points	2.47%	2.02%
Micron Technology IncMU	GDE +0.40 points	1.67%	1.27%
Mastercard IncMA	GDE +0.39 points	1.17%	0.78%
Tesla IncTSLA	GDE +0.38 points	1.95%	1.57%
Advanced Micro DevicesAMD	GDE +0.36 points	1.48%	1.12%
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ	GDE +0.37 points	1.21%	0.84%
Walmart IncWMT	GDE +0.35 points	1.61%	1.26%
Chevron CorpCVX	GDE +0.33 points	0.98%	0.65%
AbbVie IncABBV	GDE +0.32 points	0.97%	0.65%
Broadcom IncAVGO	GDE +0.31 points	2.21%	1.90%
Coca-Cola Co/TheKO	GDE +0.26 points	0.78%	0.52%
Morgan StanleyMS	GDE +0.24 points	0.56%	0.32%
Cisco Systems IncCSCO	GDE +0.21 points	0.76%	0.55%
Philip Morris International IncPM	GDE +0.20 points	0.65%	0.45%
UnitedHealth Group IncUNH	GDE +0.20 points	0.67%	0.47%
Merck & Co Inc/NJMRK	GDE +0.19 points	0.64%	0.45%
Caterpillar IncCAT	GDE +0.18 points	0.49%	0.31%
Thermo Fisher Scientific IncTMO	GDE +0.17 points	0.52%	0.35%
Goldman Sachs Group IncGS	GDE +0.17 points	0.49%	0.32%
Dell Technologies -CDELL	GDE +0.16 points	0.59%	0.43%
Amgen IncAMGN	GDE +0.15 points	0.47%	0.32%
Palantir Technologies Inc-APLTR	GDE +0.15 points	0.71%	0.56%
Intel CorpINTC	GDE +0.15 points	0.54%	0.39%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc - ACRWD	GDE +0.14 points	0.47%	0.33%
Texas Instruments IncTXN	GDE +0.14 points	0.48%	0.34%
Palo Alto Networks IncPANW	GDE +0.14 points	0.45%	0.31%
Arista Networks IncANET	GDE +0.14 points	0.42%	0.28%
Home Depot IncHD	GDE +0.14 points	0.56%	0.42%
Oracle CorpORCL	GDE +0.13 points	0.57%	0.44%
RTX CorpRTX	GDE +0.14 points	0.49%	0.35%
ConocoPhillipsCOP	GDE +0.13 points	0.37%	0.24%
Walt Disney Co/TheDIS	GDE +0.13 points	0.40%	0.27%
PepsiCo Inc/NCPEP	NTSD +0.13 points	0.12%	0.25%
Deere & CoDE	GDE +0.12 points	0.36%	0.24%
Bank of America CorpBAC	GDE +0.11 points	0.57%	0.46%
Cigna CorpCI	NTSD +0.12 points	<0.01%	0.12%
Gilead Sciences IncGILD	GDE +0.11 points	0.39%	0.28%
Union Pacific CorpUNP	GDE +0.12 points	0.35%	0.23%
Verizon Communications IncVZ	GDE +0.11 points	0.36%	0.25%
Marvell Technology IncMRVL	GDE +0.10 points	0.34%	0.24%
Marathon Petroleum CorpMPC	GDE +0.10 points	0.31%	0.21%
Salesforce IncCRM	GDE +0.10 points	0.37%	0.27%
Pfizer IncPFE	GDE +0.10 points	0.32%	0.22%
Sherwin-Williams Co/TheSHW	NTSD +0.10 points	0.01%	0.11%
Charles Schwab Corp/TheSCHW	NTSD +0.09 points	0.08%	0.17%
KKR & Co Inc -AKKR	NTSD +0.10 points	0.02%	0.12%
Danaher CorpDHR	GDE +0.09 points	0.32%	0.23%
BlackRock IncBLK	GDE +0.09 points	0.30%	0.21%
ProLogis IncPLD	GDE +0.09 points	0.17%	0.08%
Southern Co/TheSO	GDE +0.09 points	0.20%	0.11%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncVRTX	GDE +0.09 points	0.26%	0.17%
Starbucks CorpSBUX	GDE +0.09 points	0.24%	0.15%
Lockheed Martin CorpLMT	GDE +0.09 points	0.30%	0.21%
CVS Health CorpCVS	GDE +0.09 points	0.22%	0.13%
Citigroup IncC	GDE +0.09 points	0.39%	0.30%
Marriott International Inc/DEMAR	GDE +0.08 points	0.23%	0.15%
Linde PlcLIN	GDE +0.09 points	0.20%	0.11%
Stryker CorpSYK	NTSD +0.09 points	0.05%	0.14%
PNC Financial Services Group IncPNC	GDE +0.08 points	0.17%	0.09%
Quanta Services IncPWR	GDE +0.08 points	0.18%	0.10%
Valero Energy CorpVLO	GDE +0.08 points	0.25%	0.17%
T-Mobile US IncTMUS	GDE +0.08 points	0.24%	0.16%
Altria Group IncMO	GDE +0.08 points	0.26%	0.18%
Phillips 66PSX	GDE +0.08 points	0.24%	0.16%
Boeing Co/TheBA	NTSD +0.08 points	0.03%	0.11%
Applied Materials IncAMAT	GDE +0.07 points	0.51%	0.44%
ServiceNow IncNOW	GDE +0.08 points	0.21%	0.13%
General Dynamics CorpGD	GDE +0.07 points	0.19%	0.12%
Intuitive Surgical IncISRG	NTSD +0.07 points	0.13%	0.20%
Automatic Data Processing IncADP	GDE +0.07 points	0.24%	0.17%
Costco Wholesale CorpCOST	GDE +0.08 points	0.66%	0.58%
Snowflake Inc-Class ASNOW	GDE +0.07 points	0.22%	0.15%
United Parcel Service IncUPS	GDE +0.07 points	0.17%	0.10%
CSX CorpCSX	GDE +0.07 points	0.20%	0.13%
Constellation EnergyCEG	NTSD +0.06 points	0.06%	0.12%
Sandisk Corp-W/ISNDK	GDE +0.07 points	0.22%	0.15%
Procter & Gamble Co/ThePG	GDE +0.07 points	0.59%	0.52%
Travelers Cos Inc/TheTRV	GDE +0.07 points	0.19%	0.12%
Hilton Worldwide Holdings IncHLT	GDE +0.07 points	0.19%	0.12%
Colgate-Palmolive CoCL	GDE +0.06 points	0.16%	0.10%
Fortinet IncFTNT	GDE +0.07 points	0.20%	0.13%
Kinder Morgan Inc/DEKMI	NTSD +0.06 points	0.04%	0.10%
O'Reilly Automotive IncORLY	GDE +0.06 points	0.15%	0.09%
Cadence Design Systems IncCDNS	GDE +0.06 points	0.16%	0.10%
Airbnb Inc-Class AABNB	GDE +0.06 points	0.18%	0.12%
Hartford Financial Services GrpHIG	NTSD +0.06 points	<0.01%	0.06%
Realty Income CorpO	NTSD +0.06 points	0.02%	0.08%
VICI Properties IncVICI	NTSD +0.06 points	<0.01%	0.07%
US BancorpUSB	GDE +0.05 points	0.17%	0.12%
Illinois Tool Works IncITW	GDE +0.06 points	0.17%	0.11%
MetLife IncMET	GDE +0.06 points	0.16%	0.10%

All 502 GDE holdings⁠All NTSD holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

GDE vs NTSD Cost

Overpaying NTSD vs GDE

$3,165

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

GDE 0.20%
$4,155
NTSD 0.36%
$7,320

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

GDE 0.20%
NTSD 0.36%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	GDE	NTSD	Overpaying
10	$365	$652	$287
20	$1,421	$2,522	$1,101
30	$4,155	$7,320	$3,165

Expense ratio

0.20%GDE, cheaper
0.36%NTSD

GDE0.20%NTSD0.36%

0.13%1.86%

Middle half of Capital-Efficient Allocation funds
Median 0.67%

GDE 2nd cheapest of 19 funds

NTSD 7th cheapest of 19 funds

GDE vs NTSD Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 2, 2026

Yield (12M): GDE 16.98%; NTSD No data
Payout (12M): GDE $8.73; NTSD No data
Last payment: GDE $8.58; NTSD $0.10
Ex-dividend: GDE Oct 27, 2026; NTSD Sep 25, 2026
Paid on: GDE Oct 29, 2026; NTSD Sep 29, 2026
Frequency: GDE Annual; NTSD Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2022 to 2026, same scale for both

GDEAnnual · 9 paymentsAll GDE payments⁠

NTSDQuarterly · 2 paymentsAll NTSD payments⁠

GDE vs NTSD Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: GDE 20.7%NTSD No data
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: GDE 1.58NTSD No data
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: GDE −32.0%since Mar 2022NTSD No data
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: GDE 1.00NTSD 1.21; Market = 1

GDE and NTSD in the news

All news⁠

Top Movers
The biggest fund drop Tuesday was a WisdomTree payout, not a selloff
Oct 27, 2026GDE

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GDE vs NTSD

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How GDE and NTSD differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in GDE

Only in NTSD

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

The biggest fund drop Tuesday was a WisdomTree payout, not a selloff

How GDE and NTSD differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in GDE

Only in NTSD

Weight gaps