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Best Gold Miners Funds 2024

Updated on April 22, 2024 , 5772 views

The Advantage of Investing in Gold

The basic advantages of investing in gold derive from the fact that gold is a Fixed Asset and that there is strong demand globally for gold. As such, the price fluctuates in the short-term but generally rises in value over the long-term, albeit without similarity to stock prices. Gold is generally considered to be a steady value investment.

Gold is a very Liquid asset, which means you can readily convert it to cash or other investments if needed. Investors tend to run to precious metals when there is an Investing crisis because gold tends to retain its value during these times. For this reason, gold has become a diversification strategy for many investors as well.

How to invest in gold miners?

Investing in Gold mining companies is a risky business. The performance of gold mines is highly dependent on the gold price, which is often reflected disproportionately. However, the gold price is not the only Factor that drives the success of gold mining stocks. Production costs are just one further factor which influence the profit of gold miners.

Some notable gold mining ETFs in globe to track include the VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX), the VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ), the iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF (RING), the VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) and the Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3X Shares (DUST). All information here was current as of Nov. 20, 2018. Although in india there are very few options to invest in Gold Miners stocks.

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DSP World Gold Fund Details

Investments Underlying BGF World Gold I2 ETF managed by blackrock.

DSP World Gold Fund (FOF) as on March 31, 2020 to Net Assets
BlackRock global fund - World Gold Fund (Class I2 USD Shares) 98.41%
TREPS / Reverse Repo Investments / Corporate Debt Repo 2.04%
Net Receivables/Payables -0.45%
Total 100%

Top Securities Breakup

Security as on March 31, 2020 % to Net Assets
BARRICK GOLD CORP 10.1%
NEWMONT CORPORATION 9.5%
NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES LTD 4.9%
WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS CORP 4.4%
AGNICO EAGLE MINES LTD 4.3%
POLYUS PAO 4.2%
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LTD 4.0%
FRANCO NEVADA CORP 3.9%
ALAMOS GOLD INC 3.8%
NEWCREST MINING LTD 3.7%
Others 44.7%
Cash 2.4%
Total 100%

Sector Allocation

Asset as on March 31, 2020 %
Gold 86.4%
Silver 8.4%
Platinum Group Metals 1.4%
Nickel 0.5%
Diversified 0.4%
Copper 0.4%
TOTAL 97.56%

Market Cap Allocation

Capitalization as on March 31, 2020 %
Large (>$10bn) 36.4%
Mid 54.1%
Small (<$1bn) 9.5%
TOTAL 100.00%

Below is the fund performance details.

1. DSP BlackRock World Gold Fund

"The primary investment objective of the Scheme is to seek capital appreciation by investing predominantly in units of MLIIF - WGF. The Scheme may, at the discretion of the Investment Manager, also invest in the units of other similar overseas mutual fund schemes, which may constitute a significant part of its corpus. The Scheme may also invest a certain portion of its corpus in money market securities and/or units of money market/liquid schemes of DSP Merrill Lynch Mutual Fund, in order to meet liquidity requirements from time to time. However, there is no assurance that the investment objective of the Scheme will be realized."

DSP BlackRock World Gold Fund is a Equity - Global fund was launched on 14 Sep 07. It is a fund with High risk and has given a CAGR/Annualized return of 3.7% since its launch.  Ranked 11 in Global category.  Return for 2023 was 7% , 2022 was -7.7% and 2021 was -9% .

Below is the key information for DSP BlackRock World Gold Fund

DSP BlackRock World Gold Fund
Growth
Launch Date 14 Sep 07
NAV (24 Apr 24) ₹18.2123 ↓ -0.02   (-0.09 %)
Net Assets (Cr) ₹797 on 31 Mar 24
Category Equity - Global
AMC DSP BlackRock Invmt Managers Pvt. Ltd.
Rating
Risk High
Expense Ratio 1.31
Sharpe Ratio -0.2
Information Ratio -0.31
Alpha Ratio -4.39
Min Investment 1,000
Min SIP Investment 500
Exit Load 0-12 Months (1%),12 Months and above(NIL)

Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.

DateValue
31 Mar 19₹10,000
31 Mar 20₹10,868
31 Mar 21₹14,785
31 Mar 22₹16,468
31 Mar 23₹15,505
31 Mar 24₹15,128

DSP BlackRock World Gold Fund SIP Returns

   
My Monthly Investment:
Investment Tenure:
Years
Expected Annual Returns:
%
Total investment amount is ₹300,000
expected amount after 5 Years is ₹405,518.
Net Profit of ₹105,518
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Returns for DSP BlackRock World Gold Fund

Returns up to 1 year are on absolute basis & more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) basis. as on 24 Apr 24

DurationReturns
1 Month 9.2%
3 Month 17.3%
6 Month 10.6%
1 Year -1.8%
3 Year -2.4%
5 Year 11.2%
10 Year
15 Year
Since launch 3.7%
Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
YearReturns
2023 7%
2022 -7.7%
2021 -9%
2020 31.4%
2019 35.1%
2018 -10.7%
2017 -4%
2016 52.7%
2015 -18.5%
2014 -3%
Fund Manager information for DSP BlackRock World Gold Fund
NameSinceTenure
Jay Kothari1 Mar 1311.09 Yr.

Data below for DSP BlackRock World Gold Fund as on 31 Mar 24

Equity Sector Allocation
SectorValue
Basic Materials90.82%
Asset Allocation
Asset ClassValue
Cash5.55%
Equity90.88%
Debt0.01%
Other3.56%
Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
NameHoldingValueQuantity
BGF World Gold I2
Investment Fund | -
82%₹597 Cr2,147,242
↑ 40,339
VanEck Gold Miners ETF
- | GDX
15%₹108 Cr492,658
Treps / Reverse Repo Investments / Corporate Debt Repo
CBLO/Reverse Repo | -
4%₹27 Cr
Net Receivables/Payables
Net Current Assets | -
0%-₹2 Cr

Disclaimer:
All efforts have been made to ensure the information provided here is accurate. However, no guarantees are made regarding correctness of data. Please verify with scheme information document before making any investment.
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