Deane Retirement Strategies Inc. Grows Stock Position in iShares Gold Trust $IAU

Deane Retirement Strategies Inc. increased its stake in iShares Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:IAU) by 14.2% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 76,747 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 9,567 shares during the quarter. iShares Gold Trust comprises approximately 2.4% of Deane Retirement Strategies Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 15th largest holding. Deane Retirement Strategies Inc.’s holdings in iShares Gold Trust were worth $5,582,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Farther Finance Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Gold Trust by 24.8% in the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 126,633 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,215,000 after acquiring an additional 25,146 shares during the period. Leonard Rickey Investment Advisors P.L.L.C. grew its holdings in iShares Gold Trust by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Leonard Rickey Investment Advisors P.L.L.C. now owns 253,270 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $18,430,000 after purchasing an additional 824 shares during the last quarter. CJM Wealth Advisers Ltd. purchased a new stake in iShares Gold Trust in the 3rd quarter worth about $227,000. Patton Fund Management Inc. raised its position in iShares Gold Trust by 3.1% in the 3rd quarter. Patton Fund Management Inc. now owns 118,328 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $8,611,000 after purchasing an additional 3,505 shares during the period. Finally, Market Street Wealth Management Advisors LLC bought a new stake in iShares Gold Trust in the third quarter worth about $230,000. 59.67% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares Gold Trust Stock Performance

IAU opened at $83.59 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $68.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.53 and a beta of 0.09. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $78.25 and its 200-day moving average price is $70.15. iShares Gold Trust has a one year low of $49.00 and a one year high of $83.66.

iShares Gold Trust News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting iShares Gold Trust this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Record‑high gold driven by geopolitical risk is boosting safe‑haven demand, directly supporting IAU’s price. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Large sovereign/sovereign‑adjacent bullion flows — notably China’s near‑$1bn November purchase from Russia — point to sustained physical demand that favors gold ETFs like IAU. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Major bank price calls are increasingly bullish (JPMorgan’s very high target), which can drive investor flows into gold ETFs on both fundamentals and momentum. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Gold price momentum and technical breakouts, coupled with softer inflation/Fed‑pause bets, are encouraging trend‑following flows into bullion and related ETFs. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: General investor education pieces explain routes into gold (futures, coins, ETFs); useful for longer‑term demand but not an immediate catalyst. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Fintech move toward tokenized/biometric wallets for gold could expand digital distribution of gold products over time, but impact on IAU is uncertain. Read More.

About iShares Gold Trust

iShares Gold Trust (the Trust) is to own gold transferred to the Trust in exchange for shares issued by the Trust (Shares). Each Share represents a fractional undivided beneficial interest in the net assets of the Trust. The assets of the Trust consist of gold held by the Trust’s custodian on behalf of the Trust. The sponsor of the Trust is iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC (the Sponsor), which is an indirect subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc The trustee of the Trust is The Bank of New York Mellon (the Trustee) and the custodian of the Trust is JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., London branch (the Custodian).