SPDR Gold Shares $GLD Stock Position Cut by Sicart Associates LLC

Sicart Associates LLC trimmed its position in shares of SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLDFree Report) by 6.2% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 84,144 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 5,531 shares during the quarter. SPDR Gold Shares comprises about 9.3% of Sicart Associates LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Sicart Associates LLC’s holdings in SPDR Gold Shares were worth $36,206,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 20.4% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 11,246 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,723,000 after acquiring an additional 1,903 shares in the last quarter. Bison Wealth LLC lifted its position in SPDR Gold Shares by 77.8% during the fourth quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 5,941 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,438,000 after acquiring an additional 2,600 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC acquired a new stake in SPDR Gold Shares in the first quarter valued at approximately $16,014,000. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. boosted its stake in SPDR Gold Shares by 4.8% in the second quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 6,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,829,000 after acquiring an additional 275 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Prudential Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in SPDR Gold Shares in the second quarter valued at approximately $337,000. 42.19% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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SPDR Gold Shares Trading Up 1.1%

NYSEARCA GLD opened at $373.63 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $411.07 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $427.51. The firm has a market capitalization of $135.89 billion, a P/E ratio of -32.43 and a beta of 0.14. SPDR Gold Shares has a 12-month low of $299.89 and a 12-month high of $509.70.

SPDR Gold Shares Profile

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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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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD)

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