WisdomTree's GDE ETF Taps Gold Futures to Amplify Equity Exposure

The WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Equity Strategy Fund ETF (GDE) is an alternative to traditional diversification strategies that combines exposure to large-cap U.S. equity with gold futures as leverage.

GDE has a relatively low expense ratio of 0.20% and has outperformed the S&P 500 Index since its inception on March 17, 2022, yielding twice the index's price return and well above that for total return over a three-year period.

The ETF holds about 87-88% of its assets in gold futures and large-cap stocks, with the remaining 13% held as cash. The equity-to-gold futures mix is rebalanced every quarter to maintain equal exposure.