Best Gold Miners Funds 2025

Updated on August 14, 2025 , 6361 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 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."

Research Highlights for DSP World Gold Fund

Highest AUM (₹1,202 Cr).
Oldest track record among peers (17 yrs).
Top rated.
Risk profile: High.
5Y return: 9.28% (top quartile).
3Y return: 32.76% (top quartile).
1Y return: 63.97% (top quartile).
Alpha: 1.97 (top quartile).
Sharpe: 1.80 (top quartile).
Information ratio: -0.35 (top quartile).
Top sector: Basic Materials.
Top bond sector: Cash Equivalent.
Equity-heavy allocation (~95%).
Largest holding BGF World Gold I2 (~77.8%).
Top-3 holdings concentration ~100.3%.

Below is the key information for DSP World Gold Fund

DSP World Gold Fund Growth
Launch Date	14 Sep 07
NAV (14 Aug 25)	₹33.9092 ↓ -0.30 (-0.87 %)
Net Assets (Cr)	₹1,202 on 30 Jun 25
Category	Equity - Global
AMC	DSP BlackRock Invmt Managers Pvt. Ltd.
Rating	☆☆☆
Risk	High
Expense Ratio	1.35
Sharpe Ratio	1.8
Information Ratio	-0.35
Alpha Ratio	1.97
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.

Date	Value
31 Jul 20	₹10,000
31 Jul 21	₹8,272
31 Jul 22	₹6,099
31 Jul 23	₹7,748
31 Jul 24	₹9,223
31 Jul 25	₹13,652

DSP World Gold Fund SIP Returns

Total investment amount is ₹300,000
expected amount after 5 Years is ₹385,859.
Net Profit of ₹85,859 Invest Now

Returns for DSP 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 14 Aug 25

Duration	Returns
1 Month	9.3%
3 Month	28.2%
6 Month	36.4%
1 Year	64%
3 Year	32.8%
5 Year	9.3%
10 Year
15 Year
Since launch	7.1%

Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis

Year	Returns
2024	15.9%
2023	7%
2022	-7.7%
2021	-9%
2020	31.4%
2019	35.1%
2018	-10.7%
2017	-4%
2016	52.7%
2015	-18.5%

Fund Manager information for DSP World Gold Fund

Name	Since	Tenure
Jay Kothari	1 Mar 13	12.43 Yr.

Data below for DSP World Gold Fund as on 30 Jun 25

Equity Sector Allocation

Sector	Value
Basic Materials	94.86%

Asset Allocation

Asset Class	Value
Cash	2.29%
Equity	95.12%
Debt	0.02%
Other	2.57%

Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio

Name	Holding	Value	Quantity
BGF World Gold I2 Investment Fund \| -	78%	₹935 Cr	1,610,898 ↓ -37,716
VanEck Gold Miners ETF - \| GDX	21%	₹255 Cr	573,719
Treps / Reverse Repo Investments CBLO/Reverse Repo \| -	1%	₹14 Cr
Net Receivables/Payables CBLO \| -	0%	-₹3 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.