Gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) are all the rage these days, and some of the most popular funds are the most successful.
However, there are some lesser-known funds that can give you access to gold, as well. [Gold ETFs Show Their Safe Haven Mettle.]
Gold miner funds are a different way to capture the rise in gold, as their recent performance has been better than ETFs that physically own the metal. Case in point: SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca: GLD) is up 5.6% in the last month, but Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners (NYSEArca: GDXJ) is up 13.7% in the last month.
The ETF Professor for Benzinga also suggests the leveraged gold miners fund plays. [How Gold Miner ETFs Stay Strong Even As Prices Cool.]
Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 2x Shares (NYSEArca: NUGT) and its inverse Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 2x Shares (NYSEArca: DUST) are two ways to give your gold bets a boost. NUGT can play the upside as the Middle Eastern tensions support rising gold prices, and DUST can play the reverse side of this if you are bearish on gold miners.
Tisha Guerrero contributed to this article.
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