VanEck Merk Gold Trust is an investment trust. Merk Investments LLC, is responsible for, among other things, overseeing the performance of The Bank of New York Mellon and Co.'s principal service providers, including the preparation of financial statements. The purpose of Co. is to own gold transferred to it in exchange for shares issued by it (the Shares). Each Share represents a fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of Co. Shares are issued by Co. in blocks of 50,000 called Baskets in exchange for gold from certain registered broker-dealers or other securities market participants. The assets of Co. is anticipated to consist solely of gold bullion. The OUNZ average annual return since 2014 is shown above.
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period is on the one hand completely arbitrary, but on the other hand provides a sufficiently long window
to capture long-term trends.
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