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SPDR Gold Trust
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913 hedge funds and large institutions have $12B invested in SPDR Gold Trust in 2017 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 93 funds opening new positions, 291 increasing their positions, 321 reducing their positions, and 74 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

268% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $16.7B | Put options by funds: $4.55B

26% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 93 | Existing positions closed: 74

14% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 66 → 75 (+9)

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 907 → 913 (+6)

1% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $12.1B → $12B (-$102M)

9% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 291 | Existing positions reduced: 321

3.74% less ownership

Funds ownership: 38.88% → 35.14% (-3.7%)

Holders
913
Holders Change
+6
Holders Change %
+0.66%
% of All Funds
22.73%
Holding in Top 10
75
Holding in Top 10 Change
+9
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+13.64%
% of All Funds
1.87%
New
93
Increased
291
Reduced
321
Closed
74
Calls
$16.7B
Puts
$4.55B
Net Calls
+$12.2B
Net Calls Change
-$2.2B

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
+$1.96B
2
JP Morgan Chase
JP Morgan Chase
New York
+$282M
3
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
+$165M
4
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
+$106M
5
Jane Street
Jane Street
New York
+$98.5M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
UBS Group
UBS Group
Switzerland
-$760M
2
PC
Passport Capital
California
-$548M
3
Bank of America
Bank of America
North Carolina
-$295M
4
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
California
-$123M
5
TD Asset Management
TD Asset Management
Ontario, Canada
-$111M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
TC
901
Trust Company
Kansas
$7K – – –
NC
902
NewSquare Capital
Pennsylvania
$6K -$674K -5,800 -99%
PK
903
Pflug Koory
Nebraska
$6K – – –
Walleye Trading
904
Walleye Trading
New York
$4.53K +$2.06M +17,723 +87%
BWA
905
Burt Wealth Advisors
Maryland
$4K – – –
MSFP
906
Mark Sheptoff Financial Planning
Connecticut
$4K +$116 +1 +3%
PRS
907
Pinkerton Retirement Specialists
Idaho
$3K – – –
NDSI
908
Newman Dignan & Sheerar Inc
Rhode Island
$1.17K -$29.1K -250 -2%
MBA
909
McQueen Ball & Associates
Pennsylvania
$1.02K – – –
BTIS
910
BB&T Investment Services
North Carolina
$1K -$247K -2,122 -99%
LWA
911
Lowe Wealth Advisors
Maryland
$1K – – –
HS
912
Horan Securities
United States
$1K +$930 +8 New
VCM
913
Vivaldi Capital Management
Illinois
$643 +$629K +5,412 New
AP
914
Advisors Preferred
Maryland
$521 +$193K +1,662 +61%
USGIU
915
U.S. Global Investors (USGI)
Texas
$166 -$11.6K -100 -7%
PC
916
Passport Capital
California
– -$548M -5,000,000 Closed
AAM
917
Alphadyne Asset Management
New York
– -$45M -387,000 Closed
PAMP
918
Polar Asset Management Partners
Ontario, Canada
– -$27.4M -250,000 Closed
SAS
919
Sage Advisory Services
Texas
– -$26.8M -244,933 Closed
TWM
920
Tanglewood Wealth Management
Texas
– -$22.7M -207,009 Closed
VF
921
Virtu Financial
New York
– -$22.7M -206,659 Closed
COPPSERS
922
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System
Pennsylvania
– -$22.2M -202,380 Closed
WRF
923
Waddell & Reed Financial
Kansas
– -$18.7M -170,600 Closed
OTPPB
924
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board
Ontario, Canada
– -$18.3M -166,500 Closed
FTUS
925
Flow Traders U.S.
New York
– -$15.5M -141,194 Closed
35 36
37
38 39

GLD Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2017 in Review

913 of the 4,017 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) for Q1 2017, worth a combined $12B — down 0.85% from $12.1B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 93 funds opened new GLD positions and 74 closed out — a net gain of 19 holders — while 291 added to existing stakes and 321 trimmed.

The largest buyer was BlackRock, adding an estimated $1.96B. The largest seller was UBS Group, cutting an estimated $760M.

  • 913 institutional investors held SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) as of Q1 2017, up from 907 in Q4 2016.
  • Funds reported $12B of SPDR Gold Trust stock for Q1 2017, down 0.85% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 93 funds opened new SPDR Gold Trust positions in Q1 2017 and 74 closed out, a net change of +19 holders.
  • The largest SPDR Gold Trust buyer in Q1 2017 was BlackRock, an estimated $1.96B added.
  • The largest SPDR Gold Trust seller in Q1 2017 was UBS Group, an estimated $760M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2017.