During his tenure at the top of Fidelity, from 1972 to 2014, assets jumped to more than $2.1 trillion from $3.9 billion, making it the second-biggest U.S. mutual fund company.
These funds saw the most money flow into them over the past 30 days.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has again sparked interest in gold as an inflation hedge and to attenuate overall risk.
Equities have recently outperformed long-duration debt by the fastest rate since the 2020 pandemic rebound.
Exchange-traded funds backed by physical gold are taxed at a higher rate than stocks of gold mining companies.
