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iShares Silver Bullion ETF (SVR.C $41.87)
- $41.87 Cap: $162M
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BMO Gold Bullion ETF (ZGLD $71.27)
- $71.27 Cap: $1.70B
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Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust Unit (CEF $50.70)
- $50.70 P/E (TTM): 1116.35X Cap: $10.65B
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Sprott Critical Materials ETF (SETM $38.38)
- $38.38 P/E (TTM): 54.95X Cap: $602M
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Q: Could you please give the pluses and minuses of buying these two ETFs now? Do you two others in this space?

Thanks.

Asked by Danny-boy on April 17, 2026

5i Research Answer:

SETM has a decent AUM of $613M, a somewhat high MER of 0.65%, and it trades at a slight premium to NAV (0.3%). CEF has a solid AUM of $9.7B, it trades at a deep discount of 5% to NAV and has a 0.46% MER.

For critical materials, we might prefer REMX, which has a slightly better MER and a much better AUM. For CEF, we might simply prefer an approach of buying both a gold and silver ETF separately, since the CEF ETF only holds two assets (60% gold and 40% silver). We like ZGLD and SVR.C.

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