WisdomTree launches WDIG ETF on rare-earths and metal futures

WisdomTree on May 7 listed the WisdomTree Efficient Rare Earth Plus Strategic Metals Fund (WDIG) on the CBOE. The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund with a 0.55% net expense ratio and is available to individual and institutional investors through standard brokerage channels.

WDIG uses a two-part structure. One sleeve holds shares of companies around the world that mine or process rare earths and strategic metals. The second sleeve invests in commodity futures contracts covering a range of industrial metals.

The fund targets metals including aluminum, copper, lithium, silver and rare earth elements. Portfolio managers can adjust allocations between the equities sleeve and the futures sleeve over time.

WisdomTree described the structure as providing exposure to both producers and the physical metal markets via futures, with the objective of offering multiple avenues to capture price movements while keeping capital use efficient.

Christopher Gannatti, WisdomTree’s global head of research, noted: “From electric vehicles and wind turbines to AI data centers and autonomous systems, many of the technologies shaping the future share a common foundation in strategic metals. At the same time, supply chains for many critical minerals remain highly concentrated, elevating their importance from commodities to strategic assets for governments and industries alike. WDIG reflects this convergence of rising demand and evolving supply dynamics, offering a way to access both the metals themselves and the companies producing them.”

The firm noted the fund provides exposure to materials and regions that can be underweight in standard portfolios and that the combination of equities and futures changes the fund’s risk and return profile compared with pure mining or pure commodity strategies. WDIG joins WisdomTree’s lineup of ETFs; the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ) manages more than $6.3 billion in assets under management.