Blair William & Co. IL Raises Stock Holdings in SPDR Gold Shares $GLD

Blair William & Co. IL raised its holdings in SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD) by 23.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 178,163 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 34,108 shares during the quarter. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in SPDR Gold Shares were worth $63,332,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Empirical Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 256.7% in the 3rd quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC now owns 36,404 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $12,941,000 after purchasing an additional 26,197 shares in the last quarter. Colonial Trust Advisors lifted its position in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 7.6% in the 3rd quarter. Colonial Trust Advisors now owns 19,720 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,010,000 after purchasing an additional 1,385 shares during the period. Spirepoint Private Client LLC bought a new position in shares of SPDR Gold Shares during the third quarter valued at approximately $742,000. Alpha Cubed Investments LLC boosted its stake in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 5.7% during the second quarter. Alpha Cubed Investments LLC now owns 2,722 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $830,000 after purchasing an additional 146 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FAS Wealth Partners Inc. increased its holdings in SPDR Gold Shares by 71.1% during the third quarter. FAS Wealth Partners Inc. now owns 20,916 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $7,435,000 after buying an additional 8,691 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.19% of the company’s stock.

SPDR Gold Shares Stock Up 1.6%

Shares of NYSEARCA:GLD opened at $473.51 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $179.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -32.43 and a beta of 0.09. SPDR Gold Shares has a 52 week low of $265.64 and a 52 week high of $509.70. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $446.99 and a 200 day moving average of $393.81.

SPDR Gold Shares News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Weak US employment and retail data have supported gold as investors dial back Fed‑cut hopes and real yields fall, a driver helping GLD demand. Gold Rebounds As Non Farm Payrolls Miss Estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Ongoing geopolitical risk in the Middle East continues to prompt safe‑haven buying intermittently, supporting GLD flows when tensions spike. Gold Above $5,000 as US-Iran War Fuels Volatility
• Positive Sentiment: Rising oil and renewed inflation fears can boost gold as an inflation hedge, a tailwind for GLD if energy‑driven price pressure persists. Rising Oil, Sticky Inflation and the Fed Cloud the Outlook
• Neutral Sentiment: Technical intraday chop continues — multiple outlets note short‑term patterns and resistance levels that keep trading rangebound; this raises volatility but not a clear directional bias. Gold Continues to See Intraday Pattern
• Neutral Sentiment: Weekly analysis flags a possible pullback that some analysts view as a buying opportunity — important for traders sizing entries but not an immediate sentence for GLD’s trend. Gold Weekly Price Analysis – Gold Sees Trouble for the Week
• Negative Sentiment: Flows into gold ETFs showed a large one‑day outflow (the biggest in about a decade), directly pressuring GLD’s AUM and putting short‑term downward pressure on the share price. World’s largest Gold ETF sees largest 1-day outflow in a decade
• Negative Sentiment: Several technical studies point to bearish wedge breakouts and key support tests; combined with a stronger dollar and rising bond yields, these technical and macro headwinds could drive further downside for GLD if they persist. Wedge Breakout Suggests Further Downside
• Negative Sentiment: Some market reports note gold slipping despite geopolitical tensions as traders focus on Fed signals and oil‑driven inflation swings — a reminder that safe‑haven flows can be inconsistent. Gold slips despite geopolitical tensions

SPDR Gold Shares 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.