Go for pure exposure with an ETF The SPDR Gold Shares ETF (NYSEMKT: GLD) gives investors an excellent way to get exposure to the price of gold. With a major military conflict, rampant inflation, geopolitical instability, and rising interest rates, there's no shortage of issues to worry about right now. That's a relatively high figure compared to, say, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, which tracks the benchmark index with an expense ratio of just 0.09%.