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GLD
SPDR Gold Trust ETF

5/22/2012, 11:36 PM ET
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  • Monday 10:28 AM J.J. Abodeely is "jumping into the abyss" in pursuit of downtrodden gold mining stocks. If shares are being weighed by a negative view of the gold price and concern over input costs, he thinks they should rally if either conditions is resolved favorably; he also believes evidence of further economic weakness would be met with a policy response that will benefit gold.
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    [Commodities, Quick Ideas]
  • Thursday 12:05 PM Gold adds to earlier gains, +2.7% at $1578.60 and bouncing off 10-month lows on technical buying and as shorts get squeezed. Big miners rally on heavy volume: NEM +6.1%, ABX +6.4%, GG +7.9%, KGC +7.5%, IAG +6.4%, AEM +6.1%, AUQ +10.8%. Smaller miners jump too: MUX +14.7%, BAA +13.7%, PVG +11.1%, AZK +10.6%.
    5 Comments
    [Commodities, On the Move]
  • Thursday 10:27 AM Did we miss a QE announcement? Gold takes off, up $20 in minutes to $1,571/oz. GLD +2.1%. The brutally beaten down gold miners fare even better, GDX +4.7%.
    8 Comments
    [Commodities]
  • Thursday 4:12 AM China topped India as the world's top consumer of gold in Q1, solidifying expectations that China will be the largest source of demand for gold in 2012, according to the World Gold Council. On the whole, Q1 volume demand for gold was down 5% Y/Y while the average gold price of $1,690.57 was +22% Y/Y.
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ETF Stats
  • Expense Ratio: 0.40%
  • Average Bid Ask Ratio: 0.01%
  • Tracking Error: 1.44%
  • Concentration Risk: 100.00%
  • Capital Gains Dist. %: 0.00%
  • Number of Securities: 1
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    Tue, May 22 • Richard Suttmeier • Comment!
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    Tue, May 22 • Garfield23 • Comment!
  • Dumb Money Sold In May And Went Away
    Tue, May 22 • Gary Tanashian • Comment!
  • An Oversold Rally Towards This Week’s Risky Levels!
    Tue, May 22 • Richard Suttmeier • Comment!
  • Gold And The Dollar: Proposed Buy And Sell Signals
    Mon, May 21 • John Lounsbury • Comment!
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The objective of the SPDR® Gold Trust† is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the Trust's expenses.
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