SPDR Gold Shares $GLD Stock Holdings Reduced by Signature Equity Partners LLC

Signature Equity Partners LLC reduced its stake in shares of SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD) by 27.5% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 14,949 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 5,662 shares during the quarter. SPDR Gold Shares accounts for approximately 3.5% of Signature Equity Partners LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Signature Equity Partners LLC’s holdings in SPDR Gold Shares were worth $6,432,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Morgan Stanley boosted its stake in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 22.4% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 13,893,741 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,506,229,000 after acquiring an additional 2,539,266 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 571.3% in 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 acquiring an additional 3,360,966 shares during the period. Virtu Financial LLC purchased a new position in SPDR Gold Shares in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $474,952,000. Marino Management LLC purchased a new position in SPDR Gold Shares in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $438,475,000. Finally, Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. raised its holdings in SPDR Gold Shares by 13.2% during the fourth quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 938,260 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $371,842,000 after purchasing an additional 109,205 shares during the last quarter. 42.19% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting SPDR Gold Shares

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

• Positive Sentiment: Gold climbed to a two-week high as a softer dollar helped lift bullion, giving GLD a direct tailwind as the ETF tracks spot gold prices. Update: Gold Rises to Two-Week High as Weaker Dollar Boosts Prices
• Positive Sentiment: Gold rallied above $4,120 and approached $4,160 as technical buying and defensive demand outweighed higher Treasury yields and firmer crude oil, signaling improving near-term momentum for bullion-backed funds like GLD. Gold rallies as buyers test $4,160, oil lifts yields – Kitco PM Report
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts said gold has broken key technical resistance and could have more upside if it clears the next resistance zone near $4,203, reinforcing bullish sentiment around GLD. Gold (XAU/USD) Price Forecast: Breakout Opens the Door to Higher Targets
• Positive Sentiment: Investor commentary from John Paulson and others highlighted a long-term bull case for gold, with central bank buying and broader private demand seen as structural support for bullion prices. John Paulson says we are in the early stages of a long-term bull market for gold
• Neutral Sentiment: Some reports noted that geopolitical tensions, rising rates, and higher yields are still conflicting forces, so GLD’s near-term path may depend on whether safe-haven buying continues to outweigh macro headwinds. Rising economic fears weakening inflation’s stranglehold on gold prices – CRU

SPDR Gold Shares Stock Performance

GLD opened at $379.12 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $133.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -32.43 and a beta of 0.17. SPDR Gold Shares has a one year low of $300.95 and a one year high of $509.70. The business’s fifty day moving average is $390.21 and its two-hundred day moving average is $424.38.

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.