Yeomans Consulting Group Inc. Sells 32,724 Shares of iShares Gold Trust $IAU

Yeomans Consulting Group Inc. lowered its holdings in iShares Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:IAU) by 9.0% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 331,438 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 32,724 shares during the quarter. iShares Gold Trust accounts for 7.9% of Yeomans Consulting Group Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Yeomans Consulting Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares Gold Trust were worth $26,903,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of IAU. Capital Advantage Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Gold Trust in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $243,000. TruWealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in iShares Gold Trust by 72.8% during the 4th quarter. TruWealth Advisors LLC now owns 236,415 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $19,190,000 after acquiring an additional 99,606 shares in the last quarter. Fulcrum Equity Management purchased a new position in iShares Gold Trust during the 4th quarter valued at about $363,000. Ehrlich Financial Group increased its stake in iShares Gold Trust by 23.6% during the fourth quarter. Ehrlich Financial Group now owns 55,460 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,502,000 after purchasing an additional 10,576 shares during the period. Finally, Chemistry Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares Gold Trust by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Chemistry Wealth Management LLC now owns 349,239 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $28,348,000 after purchasing an additional 1,726 shares in the last quarter. 59.67% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares Gold Trust News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Geopolitical safe-haven bids are intermittently supporting gold amid Middle East tensions, providing short-lived demand that could limit losses for IAU. Gold (XAUUSD) & Silver Price Forecast: XAU Reversal vs. XAG Slump – Trend Shift Ahead?
• Positive Sentiment: Structural demand stories (tokenization and institutional infrastructure) support longer-term upside for gold-backed products like IAU. World Gold Council building shared infrastructure to support $5 billion tokenized gold market
• Neutral Sentiment: U.S. policy moves to diversify precious-metals vault networks could change logistics/custody dynamics for ETFs but are unlikely to immediately move prices. Proposed U.S. federal legislation looks to diversify precious metals vault network
• Neutral Sentiment: Strong retail/household demand in markets like India (gold loans, household holdings) underpins long-term physical demand but doesn’t offset short-term financial-market flows. Inside India newsletter: Gold loans are thriving in India — and attracting global investors
• Negative Sentiment: Gold posted its largest weekly drop in years as inflation expectations and dimmed rate-cut hopes pressured prices—key driver of IAU weakness. Gold sees biggest weekly loss in six years, faces more downside as inflation threat sidelines central banks
• Negative Sentiment: Rising U.S. Treasury yields and firmer dollar (partly oil‑driven) have been cited repeatedly as the proximate cause of the sell-off, reducing gold’s appeal and pressuring IAU. Gold Edges Lower on Inflation Concerns, Dimmed Fed Rate-Cut Hopes
• Negative Sentiment: Technical breaks near key support levels raise the risk of a deeper correction; technical analysts warn a breakdown could push prices toward lower targets, increasing downside risk for IAU. Gold (XAU/USD) Price Forecast: Support Breakdown Risks Deeper Correction
• Negative Sentiment: Market-wide liquidation erased trillions from precious‑metals market value this week and miners/related ETFs have slid, reflecting flow-through to gold ETFs like IAU. $3 Trillion Sell-Off In Gold And Silver Signals A Retracement Ahead Of Next Bull Run
• Negative Sentiment: Gold pulled back from recent record highs (back below the $5,000/oz peak), highlighting profit-taking and mean-reversion risk for IAU holders. Gold Back Under $5,000 – Is This the Best ETF to Buy for Its Next Run Higher?

iShares Gold Trust Trading Down 3.1%

iShares Gold Trust stock opened at $84.70 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $93.65 and its 200-day simple moving average is $82.57. iShares Gold Trust has a twelve month low of $55.78 and a twelve month high of $104.40. The firm has a market capitalization of $71.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 5.53 and a beta of 0.09.

iShares Gold Trust 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).