S.A. Mason LLC Increases Stock Holdings in SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD)

S.A. Mason LLC boosted its position in shares of SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD) by 1.6% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 6,503 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the period. SPDR Gold Shares makes up 0.8% of S.A. Mason LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 28th largest holding. S.A. Mason LLC’s holdings in SPDR Gold Shares were worth $1,243,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of GLD. Toronto Dominion Bank boosted its holdings in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 14.5% in the 3rd quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 4,660,292 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $799,007,000 after purchasing an additional 591,368 shares in the last quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC grew its position in SPDR Gold Shares by 4.2% during the third quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC now owns 3,451,135 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $599,794,000 after acquiring an additional 137,604 shares during the last quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 67,584.6% during the fourth quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,037,008 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $515,198,000 after acquiring an additional 3,032,521 shares in the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp lifted its holdings in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 0.6% in the 3rd quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 1,637,245 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $276,956,000 after acquiring an additional 9,005 shares during the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 256.0% in the 1st quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,142,717 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $206,432,000 after purchasing an additional 821,773 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.19% of the company’s stock.

SPDR Gold Shares Trading Up 0.7 %

Shares of NYSEARCA:GLD opened at $203.10 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $191.96 and its 200 day moving average is $186.22. SPDR Gold Shares has a 52 week low of $168.30 and a 52 week high of $203.92.

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).