Gold Is Crushing the S&P 500, the Nasdaq, and Even Nvidia This Year. Here's a Simple Way to Own It.

The stock market is having a pretty good year, with the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) index climbing 13% and the technology-heavy Nasdaq-100 returning almost 17%. Investors with a lot of exposure to high-growth themes like artificial intelligence (AI) might be doing even better, because shares of leading chipmaker Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) have soared by 31%.However, one very boring commodity with no revenue or earnings is obliterating the stock market in 2025. Gold has returned an eye-popping 56% so far, which is 7 times better than its average annual gain of 8% over the last 30 years. A combination of economic uncertainty, soaring government spending, and a rising national debt is fueling the rally.Those issues aren't going away anytime soon, so buying some gold might be a good idea. It has never been easier thanks to the availability of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) like the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEMKT: GLD), which eliminate the inconvenience of owning physical metal. Read on.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool