iShares Gold ETF Slashes Fees, Sees Results

ETFs are cheap, but that doesn’t mean they’re not getting cheaper. One gold fund provider is engaging in a good old-fashioned price war to entice gold traders to its side of the camp, and it appears to be working.

On July 1, BlackRock lowered the annual expenses on its gold ETF the iShares Comex Gold Trust ETF (IAU) to 0.25% from 0.40%, writes William Baldwin for Forbes. Market leader in gold ETFs, State Street-managed SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) is maintaining its 0.40% expense ratio.