Lido Advisors LLC Increases Stake in iShares Gold Trust $IAU

Lido Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:IAU) by 13.0% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 116,260 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 13,376 shares during the period. Lido Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Gold Trust were worth $10,250,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of IAU. LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in iShares Gold Trust by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 13,742,286 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,115,461,000 after purchasing an additional 203,528 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its stake in shares of iShares Gold Trust by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 13,136,955 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,066,327,000 after buying an additional 260,541 shares during the period. Citigroup Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares Gold Trust by 35.7% in the fourth quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 7,201,313 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $584,531,000 after buying an additional 1,893,594 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares Gold Trust by 2.3% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 6,616,480 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $412,563,000 after buying an additional 148,881 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in shares of iShares Gold Trust by 18.3% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 6,595,990 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $535,396,000 after buying an additional 1,019,135 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 59.67% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting iShares Gold Trust

Here are the key news stories impacting iShares Gold Trust this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Some investors still see the pullback in gold as healthy profit-taking rather than a breakdown in the longer-term uptrend, suggesting support may hold near current levels.
• Positive Sentiment: Several market commentators, including John Paulson, reiterated that the gold bull market may still be in its early stages, pointing to ongoing central bank buying and broadening investor demand.
• Neutral Sentiment: Technical analysts say gold is trapped between support near $4,000 and resistance around $4,200, so near-term direction may depend on whether buyers can defend key levels.
• Neutral Sentiment: Central bank and sovereign buying remains part of the longer-term support story for gold, but recent headlines also note that the market is consolidating after a sharp run-up.
• Negative Sentiment: Spot gold fell sharply as higher Treasury yields, a firmer U.S. dollar, and stronger-than-expected U.S. weekly jobless claims data pressured precious metals. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Recent market commentary also says gold is struggling to hold gains above $4,100, with rising rates and a stronger dollar creating near-term headwinds for bullion and gold-backed funds like IAU.

iShares Gold Trust Trading Down 2.0%

Shares of NYSEARCA:IAU opened at $76.15 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $79.74 and a 200 day moving average of $86.91. The company has a market cap of $62.89 billion, a PE ratio of 5.53 and a beta of 0.18. iShares Gold Trust has a 12-month low of $61.60 and a 12-month high of $104.40.

iShares Gold Trust Company Profile

iShares Gold Trust (the Trust) is to own gold transferred to the Trust in exchange for shares issued by the Trust (Shares). Each Share represents a fractional undivided beneficial interest in the net assets of the Trust. The assets of the Trust consist of gold held by the Trust’s custodian on behalf of the Trust. The sponsor of the Trust is iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC (the Sponsor), which is an indirect subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc The trustee of the Trust is The Bank of New York Mellon (the Trustee) and the custodian of the Trust is JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., London branch (the Custodian).