ASA

ASA Gold and Precious Metals
ASA

Overview Fund Activity

41 hedge funds and large institutions have $78.8M invested in ASA Gold and Precious Metals in 2015 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 8 funds opening new positions, 8 increasing their positions, 11 reducing their positions, and 7 closing their positions.

Holders
41
Holders Change
–
Holders Change %
0%
% of All Funds
1.11%
Holding in Top 10
–
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
–
New
8
Increased
8
Reduced
11
Closed
7
Calls
$125K
Puts
$58K
Net Calls
+$67K
Net Calls Change
-$94K

Top Buyers

1
Baird Financial Group
1
Baird Financial Group
Wisconsin
$2.55M
2
WAM
2
Wolverine Asset Management
Illinois
$1.31M
3
DWM
3
Dorchester Wealth Management
Quebec, Canada
$753K
4
Lazard Asset Management
4
Lazard Asset Management
New York
$37.5M
5
VKH
5
Virtu KCG Holdings
New York
$136K

Top Sellers

1
EIM
1
Essex Investment Management
Massachusetts
$0
2
COLIM
2
City of London Investment Management
United Kingdom
$4.3M
3
TC
3
TFS Capital
Pennsylvania
$0
4
VDBMI
4
Van Den Berg Management I
Texas
$2.93M
5
FIM
5
Fruth Investment Management
Texas
$0
Name Market Value Shares Shares
Change 		Shares
Change %
Lazard Asset Management
1
Lazard Asset Management
New York
$37.5M 3,865,856 +77,000 +2%
RA
2
Royce & Associates
New York
$12.6M 1,292,563 -15,200 -1%
WM
3
WS Management
Florida
$8.96M 923,096 -900 -0.1%
COLIM
4
City of London Investment Management
United Kingdom
$4.3M 440,917 -159,240 -27%
VDBMI
5
Van Den Berg Management I
Texas
$2.93M 301,470 -18,855 -6%
Baird Financial Group
6
Baird Financial Group
Wisconsin
$2.55M 262,833 +262,833 New
WAM
7
Wolverine Asset Management
Illinois
$1.31M 135,330 +135,330 New
BA
8
Bennicas & Associates
California
$1.12M 115,730 +677 +0.6%
PVWM
9
Point View Wealth Management
New Jersey
$965K 99,414 +9,190 +10%
CL
10
CSS LLC
Illinois
$908K 93,530 +300 +0.3%
DWM
11
Dorchester Wealth Management
Quebec, Canada
$753K 62,100 +62,100 New
HFS
12
HL Financial Services
Kentucky
$722K 74,306 -1,443 -2%
Royal Bank of Canada
13
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$682K 70,257 -1,367 -2%
ADBIC
14
A.D. Beadell Investment Counsel
Wisconsin
$658K 67,850 +9,925 +17%
Morgan Stanley
15
Morgan Stanley
New York
$653K 67,175 -751 -1%
First Manhattan
16
First Manhattan
New York
$650K 67,000 – –
UBS Group
17
UBS Group
Switzerland
$348K 35,871 +2,946 +9%
Wells Fargo
18
Wells Fargo
California
$233K 23,962 -2,884 -11%
LPL Financial
19
LPL Financial
California
$149K 15,378 -7,409 -33%
VKH
20
Virtu KCG Holdings
New York
$136K 13,963 +13,963 New
DADC
21
D.A. Davidson & Co
Montana
$135K 13,950 -2,650 -16%
Bank of America
22
Bank of America
North Carolina
$102K 10,430 +3,093 +42%
TJHA
23
Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors
Florida
$100K 10,307 – –
EAM
24
Evanson Asset Management
California
$97K 10,000 – –
US Bancorp
25
US Bancorp
Minnesota
$62K 6,321 – –
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