Verus Capital Partners LLC Cuts Stock Holdings in SPDR Gold Shares $GLD

Verus Capital Partners LLC lowered its stake in shares of SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD) by 13.8% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 9,336 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,490 shares during the quarter. Verus Capital Partners LLC’s holdings in SPDR Gold Shares were worth $4,017,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in 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 during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its stake 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 in the last quarter. Virtu Financial LLC purchased a new stake in shares of SPDR Gold Shares in the fourth quarter valued at about $474,952,000. Marino Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of SPDR Gold Shares in the fourth quarter valued at about $438,475,000. Finally, Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. grew its position in SPDR Gold Shares by 13.2% in the 4th 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 in 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: The World Gold Council reported stronger central-bank gold purchases in the second quarter, while Asian buying remained resilient. This provides a constructive long-term demand backdrop for GLD. Gold, Silver Price Forecast: World Gold Council Reports Strong Central Bank Buying
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts increasingly view gold near $4,000 as an attractive value level, suggesting solid technical and investor support despite the Federal Reserve’s tightening bias. Gold has value at $4,000 as investors look beyond Fed hawkishness
• Neutral Sentiment: Gold remains confined to roughly the $4,000–$4,200 range, with traders awaiting clearer signals on Middle East developments and interest rates. The consolidation limits near-term direction for GLD. Gold Weekly Price Analysis
• Neutral Sentiment: Institutional investor Alexander Labrunerie & Co. increased its GLD holdings by 19.1% in the first quarter. The purchase is supportive but relatively small compared with the ETF’s overall asset base. Alexander Labrunerie & Co. Acquires Shares of SPDR Gold Shares
• Negative Sentiment: Thirty-year Treasury yields climbed to levels last seen in 2007. Higher yields increase the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding gold and are the main immediate pressure on GLD. Gold Pulls Back as Treasury Yields Test New Highs
• Negative Sentiment: U.S. consumer sentiment improved more than expected while one-year inflation expectations eased. The combination reduced near-term demand for gold as an inflation hedge and pushed spot gold toward session lows. Spot Gold Near Session Lows After Consumer Sentiment Data
• Negative Sentiment: The Fed’s recent “hawkish hold” continues to keep rate-cut expectations uncertain, while firm yields and a stronger dollar have capped gold’s rebound. Analysts expect precious metals to remain range-bound until greater policy clarity emerges. Fed’s Hawkish Hold Stabilizes Gold and Silver

SPDR Gold Shares Stock Down 1.5%

SPDR Gold Shares stock opened at $371.54 on Friday. SPDR Gold Shares has a 52 week low of $302.86 and a 52 week high of $509.70. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $383.90 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $422.48. The stock has a market cap of $131.38 billion, a P/E ratio of -32.43 and a beta of 0.17.

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.