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IAU vs PDBC

Gold vs Commodities.

iShares Gold Trust · Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IAU and PDBC would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IAU unmatched 0.0% Shared 0.0% PDBC unmatched 93.5%

Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.

In IAU only
0 positions
Shared
0 positions
In PDBC only
12 positions

Holdings data for IAU covers 0.0% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.

Side by side

IAU

iShares Gold Trust

iShares · Gold

80 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$62.22B
TTM yield
0.00%
Top-10 conc.
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PDBC

Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF

Invesco · Commodities

54 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.59%
Net assets
$7.70B
TTM yield
2.50%
Top-10 conc.
85.8%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
41
66
Tax efficiency
68
100
Liquidity
95
N/A
Concentration
0
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Tracking quality
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IAU sub-score PDBC

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

IAU is 34 bps cheaper than PDBC. On a $100,000 position that's about $340/yr more in fees for PDBC.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with IAU vs PDBC.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in IAU

0 total

Every IAU position is also held by PDBC.

Only in PDBC

12 total
  • Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio 75.84%
  • Invesco Liquidity Funds PLC, Invesco US Dollar Liquidity Portfolio 17.65%
  • N/A 0.39%
  • N/A 0.11%
  • N/A 0.00%
  • N/A -0.00%
  • N/A -0.00%
  • N/A -0.01%
  • N/A -0.04%
  • N/A -0.09%

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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.