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iShares Gold Trust (IAU) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for IAU, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.39 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How IAU has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.39 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), iShares Gold Trust moved 0.39% on average · correlation 0.13 · higher than 39% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.67 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.48% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.27% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

About iShares Gold Trust

iShares Gold Trust (IAU) is an exchange-traded fund that trades on US exchanges. Closelooknet tracks it as a benchmark: the dailies and the sector dispersion board quote it as a market reference, and the holdings card above matches its largest positions against the names with a Closelooknet page. It is a constituent of Closelooknet benchmark ETF set.

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is iShares Gold Trust (IAU)?

iShares Gold Trust is an exchange-traded fund trading as IAU on the US exchange (US) and is one of the benchmark ETFs Closelooknet tracks as a market reference, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

How does Closelooknet use IAU?

As a benchmark: the daily editions, the sector dispersion board and the index dashboards quote iShares Gold Trust as a market reference, and this page matches the fund's largest holdings against the names Closelooknet covers so a reader can move from the fund to the companies inside it.

Where does IAU trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -0.5% vs the 50-day and -5.5% vs the 200-day average, 22.7% below the 52-week high and +15% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 62 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does iShares Gold Trust trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year iShares Gold Trust had a beta of 0.39 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 39% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.48% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for IAU, fund basics and the top holdings by weight with the Closelooknet names among them marked, the technical state where the data exists, and the research diary mentions — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.