Ethos Financial Group LLC raised its holdings in SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD – Free Report) by 18.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 48,213 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,565 shares during the quarter. SPDR Gold Shares makes up 1.3% of Ethos Financial Group LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 17th largest holding. Ethos Financial Group LLC’s holdings in SPDR Gold Shares were worth $17,138,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the business. American National Bank & Trust boosted its stake in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 52.4% during the second quarter. American National Bank & Trust now owns 291 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $89,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. StrongBox Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in SPDR Gold Shares by 10.1% during the second quarter. StrongBox Wealth LLC now owns 1,487 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $453,000 after buying an additional 136 shares during the period. Beaumont Financial Advisors LLC boosted its position in SPDR Gold Shares by 6.5% during the 2nd quarter. Beaumont Financial Advisors LLC now owns 3,509 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,070,000 after acquiring an additional 215 shares in the last quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC increased its holdings in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 14.6% in the 2nd quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 51,235 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $15,618,000 after acquiring an additional 6,540 shares during the period. Finally, ST Germain D J Co. Inc. raised its position in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 151.5% in the 2nd quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 1,386 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $422,000 after acquiring an additional 835 shares in the last quarter. 42.19% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
SPDR Gold Shares Price Performance
Shares of NYSEARCA GLD opened at $409.23 on Thursday. SPDR Gold Shares has a 1-year low of $244.51 and a 1-year high of $418.45. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $388.33 and a 200 day moving average price of $350.49. The stock has a market capitalization of $152.36 billion, a P/E ratio of -32.43 and a beta of 0.09.
SPDR Gold Shares News Roundup
- Positive Sentiment: Ongoing geopolitical tensions and risk events are supporting safe‑haven demand for gold, a tailwind for GLD. Gold Edges Higher Amid Ongoing Geopolitical Tensions
- Positive Sentiment: Central banks continued buying (World Gold Council / Kitco report), supporting the structural demand backdrop for bullion and GLD. Central banks bought 45 tonnes of gold in November
- Positive Sentiment: Market commentators and fund managers reiterate that the broader structural bull case for gold remains intact, supporting medium‑term GLD demand. Gold’s structural bull market is far from over
- Neutral Sentiment: Technicals show recent pullbacks are holding at short‑term moving averages, meaning downside may be limited and the upside bias remains intact — a mixed/steady signal for GLD flows. Gold Price Forecast: Pullback Holds Support
- Neutral Sentiment: Macro drivers such as Fed rate‑cut expectations and industrial demand are supportive overall, but they leave gold sensitive to incoming US data and policy signals. Fed Outlook and Industrial Demand Shape XAU, XAG
- Neutral Sentiment: Supply outlook: the World Gold Council expects mine output to peak around 2027 and then plateau, a long‑term factor for fundamentals rather than an immediate price mover. Gold mining output to peak in 2027
- Negative Sentiment: Short‑term profit‑taking after a strong rally has driven selling pressure and clipped GLD today as traders lock gains ahead of major US jobs data. Precious Metals Pull Back Amid Profit-Taking
- Negative Sentiment: Fresh US economic prints (ISM services strength and ADP jobs) lifted risk sentiment and reduced immediate safe‑haven bids, pressuring gold and GLD. Spot gold trades near session low after ISM Services PMI rises
- Negative Sentiment: Deutsche Bank warns that index rebalancing (Bloomberg Commodity Index) in mid‑January could trigger technical selling in precious metals — a near‑term flow risk for GLD. Gold and silver face January headwind as index rebalancing looms
About SPDR Gold Shares
SPDR Gold Trust (the Trust) is an investment trust. The investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the Trust’s expenses. The Trust’s business activity is the investment of gold. The Trust creates and redeems Shares from time to time, but in one or more Baskets (a Basket equals a block of 100,000 Shares). The Trust issues Shares in Baskets to certain authorized participants (Authorized Participants) on an ongoing basis. The creation and redemption of Baskets is only made in exchange for the delivery to the Trust or the distribution by the Trust of the amount of gold and any cash represented by the Baskets being created or redeemed, the amount of which will be based on the combined net asset value of various Shares included in the Baskets being created or redeemed determined on the day the order to create or redeem Baskets is properly received.
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