Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC Has $168.07 Million Holdings in SPDR Gold Shares $GLD

Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC trimmed its stake in SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD) by 2.8% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 456,249 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 13,259 shares during the period. SPDR Gold Shares accounts for about 0.8% of Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 29th largest position. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in SPDR Gold Shares were worth $168,073,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GLD. Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in SPDR Gold Shares by 22.4% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 13,893,741 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $5,506,229,000 after acquiring an additional 2,539,266 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 571.3% during the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 3,949,227 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,565,118,000 after purchasing an additional 3,360,966 shares in the last quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC now owns 2,491,623 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $917,864,000 after acquiring an additional 35,882 shares during the period. Virtu Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of SPDR Gold Shares in the 4th quarter valued at $474,952,000. Finally, Marino Management LLC acquired a new position in SPDR Gold Shares in the fourth quarter worth $438,475,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.19% of the company’s stock.

SPDR Gold Shares News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting SPDR Gold Shares this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Investors directed approximately $18 billion into gold ETFs during August, according to the World Gold Council, as concerns about rising sovereign debt increased demand for gold as a hedge against fiscal and currency risks. Investors pour $18 billion into gold ETFs in August
• Positive Sentiment: UBS said mounting fiscal concerns, inflation, geopolitical uncertainty and strong sovereign demand support maintaining a meaningful strategic allocation to gold, suggesting pullbacks may attract long-term buyers. UBS gold allocation outlook
• Positive Sentiment: China’s central bank purchased 20.2 tonnes of gold in August, its largest monthly addition since 2023, reinforcing the longer-term official-sector demand supporting GLD’s underlying asset. China central bank gold purchase
• Positive Sentiment: Gold rebounded as traders focused on bond-market stress and bond buybacks, while Middle East tensions continued to support safe-haven demand. Gold rebounds as traders focus on bond buybacks
• Neutral Sentiment: Gold remains technically constrained near major resistance, but analysts at Goldman Sachs and Société Générale continue to describe the broader trend as bullish, citing coordinated ETF, futures, options and physical demand. Société Générale gold outlook
• Negative Sentiment: Higher oil prices, Treasury yields and expectations of a September rate hike remain headwinds for non-yielding gold. Upcoming U.S. PPI and CPI data could increase volatility by changing rate expectations. Gold and silver slip as oil spike keeps Fed-hike trade alive

SPDR Gold Shares Stock Performance

Shares of GLD stock opened at $403.35 on Thursday. SPDR Gold Shares has a 52 week low of $326.19 and a 52 week high of $509.70. The stock has a market capitalization of $142.42 billion, a PE ratio of -32.43 and a beta of 0.19. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $391.01 and its 200-day moving average is $413.17.

SPDR Gold Shares Company Profile

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.