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Message:: [QUOTE="Juan Blanco, post: 1573975, member: 41665"]Although PIMCO's fund is probably the most exposed to retail investors ($23 Bln) there are other 'Gold mfs' to watch out for, quick sample here: 1) Tocqueville Gold (TGLDX) $2.4 Bln: >70% Foreign Equity Fund = Miner Stock; No Load and 1.25% Expense Ratio2) Gabelli Gold AAA (GOLDX) $0.466 Bln: >85% Foreign Equity Fund = Miner Stock; No Load and 1.46% Expense Ratio3) Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals N (OGMNX) $3.3Bln: >80% Foreign Equity Fund = Miner Stock; 1% Load & 1.47% Expense Ratio4) Van Eck Intl Investors Gold C (IIGCX) $1.4Bln: >85% Foreign Equity Fund = Miner Stock; 1% Load & 1.96% Expense Ratio5) First Eagle Gold A (SGGDX) $3.0Bln: >63% Foreign Equity Fund = Miner Stock; 5% Load & 1.20% Expense Ratio6) Midas Fund (MIDSX) - $0.054Bln ... Pass! Too small, weak return, poor fund style explication Others to compare/examine : VGPMX, FSAGX, FGLDX, FRGOX, BGEIX, USAGX Performance-wise, NONE of the Gold (equity) mutual funds come anywhere close to the stellar performance of the Gold Miners' Index ETF, GDX except Toqueville. The ETF is much much cheaper to own than Gold mutual funds, if you can. Stick to No-Load, low expense ETFs and MFs generally. I also like the riskier Junior Gold Miners ETF= GDXJ.[/QUOTE]