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GDT — WisdomTree Efficient TIPS Plus Gold Fund

GDT pairs a TIPS core with a gold futures overlay in a capital-efficient wrapper designed for inflation-sensitive diversification.

Alpha Efficiency:DAlpha Efficiency grades the non-equity sleeve of this stacked ETF on return above its borrowing cost: that's the true hurdle for a futures overlay. A sleeve that only matches its financing cost adds no value; grades above B mean the overlay is genuinely earning its keep. The second sleeve is gold futures overlay notional. The alpha grade evaluates whether that non-equity sleeve adds enough return above hurdle.

GDT price history

Range
-12.85%
Total return (1Y)
GDT

Total return (Yahoo adjusted close—dividends and splits per Yahoo), normalized to $10,000 at first available trade date. Educational only.

Strategy

The equity-like risk in this fund is minimal; the core sleeve is inflation-linked Treasuries while gold is added through futures. Positioning therefore reflects both real-rate duration and commodity futures dynamics.

This profile can differ meaningfully from holding bullion plus a short-duration bond ETF because futures roll, collateral, and duration path effects influence returns in different macro environments.

Manager and Issuer Pedigree

WisdomTree built its brand on fundamentally weighted and capital-efficient ETFs well before many copycat implementations. The same derivatives-and-collateral framework underpins its Efficient Core and related stacked sleeves.

WisdomTree has reported roughly $143B+ in global ETP and tokenized AUM (late-2025 disclosures), giving institutional futures and collateral infrastructure while still operating as a specialist versus the largest index houses.

Outperformance

Outperforms when inflation expectations rise or real yields fall enough that gold and TIPS both contribute, producing a cleaner inflation-hedge environment than nominal-duration exposure alone.

Underperforms when real yields rise sharply and gold weakens at the same time, which can pressure both sleeves despite the diversification intent.

Official ETF page

Read the official ETF page for current NAV, holdings, and documents: WisdomTree (GDT).

Beta and MER may not be accurate.
Educational content only; not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Grades above are based on 4–11 months of live data and should be treated as provisional. Short history may not capture a full market-cycle.