In an historical first, gold has crossed the $4,000 per ounce line. The Gold Spot price is $4031.4 at 1:51 a.m. EST, representing a 51.6% rise year-to-date. Gold is attractive to investors who are skittish about a rapidly changing geopolitical scene, as the U.S. federal government persists with its shutdown, Japan changes leadership, and France experiences political upset.
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Investors turn to gold as a hedge against stock market volatility and risk, as Goldman Sachs (GS) explained in a report last week. Interestingly, in the same report, Goldman Sachs predicted a climb to $4,000 for gold by mid-2026; that milestone has been reached much earlier than expected.
While investors continue to anticipate a 25-basis-point interest rate cut by the Fed in both October and December of this year, that doesn’t mean they will turn their backs on gold in favor of stocks. In fact, interest rate cuts bring even more promise to gold, in the form of ETFs. Significantly, Gold ETFs have been experiencing record inflows, with September 2025 showing their largest inflow in the past three years.
Which Gold ETF Is Best?
As you can see from TipRanks’ ETF Comparison Chart, gold ETFs have shown outstanding performance this year. The competition is close, but of the gold ETFs shown below, GLDM, the SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust, has increased by the largest percentage.
