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• iShares S&P/TSX Global Gold Index ETF (XGD $57.70)
  • $57.70 P/E (TTM): 8.01X Cap: $4.56B
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• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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Q: Looking to invest in gold ETFS which ones would you recommend .

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Read Answer Asked by Roy on January 29, 2026

• Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX $60.67)
  • $60.67 P/E (TTM): 41.41X Cap: $87.11B
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• Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (AEM $268.94)
  • $268.94 P/E (TTM): 31.92X Cap: $130.39B
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• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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• iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF (PICK $59.28)
  • $59.28 P/E (TTM): 33.46X Cap: $1.81B
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Q: What after your top growth picks for base metals? Copper? Uranium? Do these have legs and will they follow the rally that silver and gold are on? How would you rank the commodities? Thanks! Only holding AEM and PHYS currently.

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Read Answer Asked by Keith on January 26, 2026

• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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• Sprott Physical Silver Trust (PSLV $34.16)
  • $34.16 Cap: $16.98B
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• Global X Uranium Index ETF (HURA $61.34)
  • $61.34 P/E (TTM): 66.33X Cap: $204M
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Q: Hi there, I recently asked the questions below. Would it be possible to provide TSX equivalents to your recommended ETFs? Thanks!

Q: Hi there,

Are you bullish on commodities going into 2026? If so, do you have any recommendations for ETFs in the commodity space?

Thank you!

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Read Answer Asked by Michael on January 21, 2026

• SPDR Gold Shares (GLD $455.46)
  • $455.46 Cap: $173.12B
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• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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Q: Is there a Canadian-traded equivalent of GLD?

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Read Answer Asked by Murray on January 06, 2026

• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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Q: I hear financial influencers on YouTube saying that you can't trust that gold ETFs actually hold enough physical gold to support the ETF holdings. I would appreciate your comments regarding gold ETFs and virtual gold.
Thanks!

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Read Answer Asked by Grant on November 04, 2025

• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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Q: How close does this fund track the price of gold? While writing this gold was down 1.36 % but PHYS was down 3.26 %. Clarifications?

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Read Answer Asked by John on October 23, 2025

• Franco-Nevada Corporation (FNV $317.34)
  • $317.34 P/E (TTM): 46.28X Cap: $61.17B
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• Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (WPM $185.90)
  • $185.90 P/E (TTM): 62.27X Cap: $84.40B
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• Alamos Gold Inc. (AGI $54.88)
  • $54.88 P/E (TTM): 28.97X Cap: $23.08B
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• Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (AEM $268.94)
  • $268.94 P/E (TTM): 31.92X Cap: $130.39B
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• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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Q: I am somewhat overweight in gold and thinking of starting a rotation away as buyers keep flooding in. Gradual rotation since longterm support for gold still looks good. Which of the above would start with (assuming half positions are kept for now)?

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Read Answer Asked by John on October 16, 2025

• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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• Sprott Inc. (SII $162.28)
  • $162.28 P/E (TTM): 57.88X Cap: $4.18B
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Q: Hi, could you comment on these two companies, would I be better off investing in both, or just keep phys for gold exposure. What does Sii do? Been watching them and impressed on their great performance. Thanks

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Read Answer Asked by Brad on July 12, 2025

• iShares Gold Bullion ETF (CGL $38.11)
  • $38.11 Cap: $2.74B
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• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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Q: Philosophically, do you espouse that some percentge of a portfolio be in a physical gold proxy for the average investor? If so, what do feel makese sense as a target allocation?

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Read Answer Asked by Andrew on July 01, 2025

• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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Q: hi,
do you know what the current book value per share/unit of Phys is today? is there somewhere that keeps track of this daily, where investors can access the info easily?
cheers, Chris

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Read Answer Asked by chris on June 30, 2025

• Sprott Physical Gold Trust Unit (PHYS $37.31)
  • $37.31 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $15.01B
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• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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• BMO Gold Bullion ETF (ZGLD $72.62)
  • $72.62 Cap: $1.61B
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Q: I am going to add to my gold holdings which currently consists of only the Canadian etf XGD. I would like to have exposure to physical gold as well and am trying to decide between ZGLD:CA, PHYS:CA or PHYS:US (or any other suggestions you may have). Comments please.

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Read Answer Asked by Doug on June 19, 2025

• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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Q: My question is about the Norbert Gambit.

If an ETF trades in both Canada and the US, does that automatically mean that you can transfer the ETF between your Canadian and US accounts (eg. PHYS)? Is there a way to tell which ETFs trade on both a US and Cdn exchange, and which ones can be transferred from a US to Cdn account, or vice versa?

Thank you for this excellent service.

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Read Answer Asked by Dale on June 09, 2025

• Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (AEM $268.94)
  • $268.94 P/E (TTM): 31.92X Cap: $130.39B
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• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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Q: Hi 5i, If you had to hold only one gold position, which would you choose...AEM or PHYS? btw...what is the MER of PHYS and would this be a factor in your decision?
Thanks

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Read Answer Asked by Martha on May 26, 2025

• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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Q: Following the latest developments in the easing of the trade war, are you still bullish on gold as a longer term theme?

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Read Answer Asked by André on May 14, 2025

• Franco-Nevada Corporation (FNV $317.34)
  • $317.34 P/E (TTM): 46.28X Cap: $61.17B
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• Alamos Gold Inc. (AGI $54.88)
  • $54.88 P/E (TTM): 28.97X Cap: $23.08B
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• OR Royalties Inc. (OR $54.68)
  • $54.68 P/E (TTM): 66.93X Cap: $10.29B
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• Barrick Mining Corporation (ABX $61.75)
  • $61.75 P/E (TTM): 20.88X Cap: $104.19B
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• Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (AEM $268.94)
  • $268.94 P/E (TTM): 31.92X Cap: $130.39B
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• Kinross Gold Corporation (K $43.81)
  • $43.81 P/E (TTM): 21.19X Cap: $52.88B
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• Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (IVN $16.81)
  • $16.81 P/E (TTM): 53.45X Cap: $23.86B
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• Lundin Gold Inc. (LUG $104.85)
  • $104.85 P/E (TTM): 25.43X Cap: $25.30B
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• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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Q: If one was looking to start a position in a gold stock , not having any exposure to gold at this time, which ones in this list would you recommend and why?

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Read Answer Asked by shirley on April 21, 2025

• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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Q: A follow up to my previous question re holding gold bullion. How are the taxed and which account is it better to hold the units?
Thanks
Jeff

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Read Answer Asked by JEFF on April 17, 2025

• Sprott Physical Gold Trust Unit (PHYS $37.31)
  • $37.31 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $15.01B
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• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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Q: Hello
What is the best way to hold gold bullion? Is it in an ETF?
Is there a Canadian ETF that invests in the metal?
Thanks
Jeff

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Read Answer Asked by JEFF on April 17, 2025

• iShares S&P/TSX Global Gold Index ETF (XGD $57.70)
  • $57.70 P/E (TTM): 8.01X Cap: $4.56B
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• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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• Global X Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF (GLCC $60.82)
  • $60.82 P/E (TTM): 26.81X Cap: $648M
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• Hamilton Gold Producer YIELD MAXIMIZER TM ETF (AMAX $38.78)
  • $38.78 P/E (TTM): 45.08X Cap: $543M
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• YieldMax Gold Miners Option Income Strategy ETF (GDXY $16.27)
  • $16.27 Cap: $283M
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Q: Hello
Can PHYS, GLCC, GDXY and XGD be held in TFSA/RRSP accounts?
Is this collection a good mix?
Would AMAX be a better option than some of the aforementioned and if so, which would you replace with AMAX / drop completely.
Thank you.

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Read Answer Asked by Nadya on April 14, 2025

• iShares S&P/TSX Global Gold Index ETF (XGD $57.70)
  • $57.70 P/E (TTM): 8.01X Cap: $4.56B
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• iShares Gold Bullion ETF (CGL $38.11)
  • $38.11 Cap: $2.74B
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• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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Q: Hello. Gold and gold stocks have had a nice run. Do you think this move still has legs? If so, would CGL and XGD be good investments or are there others which you prefer?

Thank you.

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Read Answer Asked by Edward on March 28, 2025

• Sprott Physical Gold Trust Unit (PHYS $37.31)
  • $37.31 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $15.01B
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• Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS $50.96)
  • $50.96 P/E (TTM): 24.9X Cap: $20.55B
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Q: If the American dollar drops significantly what effect on price of Phys.to

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Read Answer Asked by Brad on March 28, 2025