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SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) Monthly Dashboard As of June 30, 2016 What Happened to Gold this Month? Gold rallied in June ahead of the UK’s “Brexit” vote to exit the EU, aided by the Fed’s decision to maintain its rate outlook. In the wake of news that the pace of improvement in the labor market has slowed, it came as no surprise that the Fed once again kept interest rates unchanged. Gold’s gains were further fueled at the very end of the quarter after the UK’s vote to exit the EU. Prices jumped by almost $110/ounce to a three-year high of $1,358/ounce. Looking ahead, gold may continue to resonate with investors concerned over the implications behind the “Brexit” vote, the US elections and persistent geopolitical tensions. GLD Key Facts $ 40.4B Asset Under Management $ 0.01 30-Day Liquidity: Bid/Ask Spread $ 1.6B 30-Day Average Daily Volume All data as of June 30, 2016. Source: Bloomberg, State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). Gold Vitals Potential Factors Trend* Impact** 30-Jun-16 52 Week High 52 Week Low Gold Price (USD/oz) 1320.80 1324.60 1049.40 Gold Bullish Sentiment (%) 29.40 82.40 11.80 Stock Market Volatility 15.60 40.70 12.00 Gold Speculative Interest (mm oz) 32.60 32.60 0.30 Crude Oil (USD/bbl) 48.30 59.50 26.20 US Dollar Index 96.10 100.20 92.60 Gold ETF holdings (mm oz)*** 66.80 66.80 48.40 10-Year Treasury Yields (%) 1.47 2.45 1.44 Asset Class Returns and Correlations**** Returns Correlation to Gold Trailing Trailing June 3-Mo. 12-Mo. Corr.over past Trailing Trailing (%)(%)(%) June Correlation 3 Months June 3-Mo. 12-Mo. USD 0.26 1.65 0.69 Moderate Positive Strengthening 0.34 -0.01 -0.32 10-Yr Treasuries 2.97 2.79 9.27 Strong Positive Strengthening 0.76 0.45 0.30 Commodities 0.83 15.65 -15.13 Strong Negative Strengthening -0.52 -0.06 0.00 Equities -0.81 0.26 -5.72 Strong Negative Strengthening -0.63 -0.37 -0.19 Gold 8.96 6.77 12.79 — — — — — Source: Bloomberg, SSGA. Indices representing the above asset classes are as follows: Gold = LBMA Afternoon Gold Price as tracked by ICE Benchmark Administration Ltd., Gold Bullish Sentiment (%) = Bloomberg Commodity Sentiment Gold Bullish Readings Index, Stock Market Volatility: SPX Volatility Index, Gold Spec. Interest = Gold Net Speculative Long Positions from the Commitment of Traders Report released by the CFTC, Crude Oil = Bloomberg Generic Front Month Crude Prices, US Dollar Index = The U.S. Dollar Index. 10-Year Treasury Yields = Bloomberg US Generic Government 10 Year Yields Index. (See “Definitions” on Page 4 for details on indices or benchmarks). Source: Bloomberg, SSGA. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Indices representing the above asset classes are as follows: Gold = LBMA Afternoon Gold Price as tracked by ICE Benchmark Administration Ltd., USD = The U.S. Dollar Index, 10-Year Treasuries = The ICE U.S. Treasury 7-10 Year Bond Index, Commodities = S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, Equities = MSCI ACWI Index.
SPDR® Gold Shares (GLD) Monthly Dashboard
Markets were volatile in June as gold rallied with the US dollar and US Treasuries amid a sell-off in “risk” assets such as equities and other commodities.
Figure 1: Gold and US Dollar Index Figure 3: Gold and Commodities
USD/oz USD Index USD/oz
S&P GSCI Index
1,400 110 1,400 500
1,300 105 1,300 400
1,200 100 1,200 300
1,100 95 1,100 200
1,000 Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun 90 1,000 Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun 100
2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2015 2015
2015 2015 2016
— LBMA Gold Price PM (USD/oz) (LHS) — US Dollar Index (RHS) — LBMA Gold Price PM (USD/oz) (LHS) — S&P GSCI (RHS)
Source: Bloomberg, SSGA. Source: Bloomberg, SSGA.
Figure 2: Gold and Equities Figure 4: Gold
and 10-Yr Treasury Yields
USD/oz MSCI ACWI Index USD/oz%
1,400 500 1,400 3.0
1,300 450 1,300 2.5
1,200 400 1,200 2.0
1,100 350 1,100 1.5
1,000 Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun 300 1,000 Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun 1.0
2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016
— LBMA Gold Price PM (USD/oz) (LHS)
— MSCI ACWI (RHS) — LBMA Gold Price PM (USD/oz) (LHS) — US 10-yr Treasuries (RHS)
Source: Bloomberg, SSGA. Source: Bloomberg, SSGA.
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Index performance does not represent the performance of any particular exchange traded fund.
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Gold gained as speculators increased long positions ahead of the UK’s “Brexit” referendum. Gold holdings in ETFs continued to rise as the price of gold reached a
three-year high.
Figure 5: Stock Market Volatility Figure 7: Gold Bullish Sentiment
USD/oz VIX Index USD/oz Gold Bullish %
1,400 60 1,400 100
1,300 45 1,300 75
1,200 30 1,200 50
1,100 15 1,100 25
1,000 Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun 0 1,000 Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun 0
2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016
— LBMA Gold Price PM (USD/oz) (LHS)
— VIX Index (RHS) — LBMA Gold Price PM (USD/oz) (LHS) — Gold Bullish Sentiment (RHS)
Source: Bloomberg, SSGA. Source: Bloomberg, SSGA.
Figure 6: COMEX Positioning Figure 8: Gold ETF Holdings†
Moz USD/oz USD/oz Moz
60 1,400 1,400 80
30 1,300 1,300 70
0 1,200 1,200 60
-30 1,100 1,100 50
-60 Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun 1,000 1,000 Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun 40
2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2015 2015
2015 2015 2016
? Long (LHS) ? Short (LHS) — LBMA Gold Price PM (USD/oz) (LHS) — Gold Holdings in ETFs (RHS)
— Net Positions (LHS) — LBMA Gold Price PM (USD/oz) (RHS) Source: Respective ETP providers, Bloomberg, ICE Benchmark Administratoin, World Gold Council, SSGA.
Source: Bloomberg, CTFC, SSGA. Gold holdings in ETFs represented by 25 gold ETFs that, together, make up more than 90% of the gold-ETF universe.
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Index performance does not represent the performance of any particular exchange traded fund.
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Figure 9: Standard Performance
As of 1 Month (%) QTD (%) YTD (%) 1 Year
(%) 3 Years (%) 5 Years (%) 10 Years (%) Since Inception 11/18/2004
Quarter End
NAV 6/30/2016 8.93 6.67 24.10 12.34 3.06 -2.97 7.53 9.44
Market Value 6/30/2016 9.03 7.55
24.70 12.59 2.02 -2.82 7.52 9.35
LBMA Gold Price PM 6/30/2016 8.96 6.77 24.60 12.79 3.47 -2.58 7.96 9.88
Source: spdrs.com, as of 6/30/2016.
Performance quoted represents past performance, which is
no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be higher or lower than that quoted.
Index returns are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of any fees or expenses. Index returns reflect all items of income, gain and loss and the reinvestment of dividends and
other income.
Effective March 20, 2015, the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) adopted the LBMA Gold Price PM as the reference benchmark price of gold in calculating the
Net Asset Value (NAV) of the Trust. Prior to that date, the Trust used the London PM Fix as the reference benchmark price in calculating the NAV.
Gross Expense
Ratio: 0.40% The gross expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expense ratio. It is gross of any fee waivers or expense reimbursements. It can be found in the fund’s most recent prospectus.
De?nitions
Bloomberg Commodity Sentiment Gold Bullish Readings Index A weekly measure of
analysts and traders who are bullish on gold that is compiled by Bloomberg News. The number of participants in the survey may vary.
Brexit An abbreviation of the
term “British Exit,” which refers to the UK referendum on June 23, 2106 that resulted in the country’s decision to withdraw from the European Union. Under Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, countries like the UK that vote
to exit the common market must formally trigger Article 50, after which they have 24 months to officially leave the EU. Supporters of the Brexit argued that EU membership has hurt both the competitiveness of the British economy and exposed the UK to
unchecked immigration into EU countries.
COMEX The main futures market for trading metals such including gold, silver, copper and aluminum.
Gold Bullish Sentiment A measure of gold market sentiment created and published by Bloomberg. The weekly survey measures the percentage of gold analysts and traders who are
bullish, bearish or neutral on gold.
ICE U.S. Treasury 7–10 Year Bond Index A ?xed-income benchmark created by the
Intercontinental Exchange, or ICE, that focuses on debt issued by the US Department of the Treasury. The index includes only U.S. dollar denominated, ?xed-rate securities that have
a minimum term to maturity greater than seven years and less than or equal to 10 years.
LBMA Gold Price The LBMA Gold Price is determined twice each business day
(10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. London time) by the participants in a physically settled, electronic and tradable auction administered by the IBA using a bidding process that determines the price of gold by matching buy and sell orders submitted by the
participants for the applicable auction time.
Long Gold Positions Speculative long positions on gold and other futures are recorded in the weekly Commitment of
Traders Report published by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, and measure the amount of gold ounces that are represented by gold futures that will be pro?table should the price of gold rise.
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MSCI ACWI Index MSCI ACWI Index is a free-?oat weighted equity index that includes companies in both emerging and developed world markets and is designed to be a proxy for most of
the investable equities universe around the world.
Net Positions Net positions in gold futures and other futures markets is the difference between the number of
speculative long and speculative short positions. The data, found in the weekly Commitment of Traders Report, are published by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC.
S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, or S&P GSCI A production-weighted index launched in 1992 that tracks the performance of 24 commodity futures contracts. The index, tilts
to commodities that are more heavily produced globally, so its weights more heavily to crude oil than, say, to cocoa.
Short Gold Positions Speculative short
positions on gold and other futures are recorded in the weekly Commitment of Traders Report published by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, and measure the amount of gold ounces that are represented by gold futures that will be
pro?table should the price of gold fall.
Gold Strategy Team Contact
George
Milling-Stanley, Head of Gold Strategy, SPDR ETFs & SSGA Funds Howard Wen, Vice President, SPDR ETFs & SSGA Funds Diego Andrade, Vice President, SPDR ETFs & SSGA Funds Robin Tsui, Vice President, SPDR ETFs APAC
Email: IBG-GLD@ssga.com
US Dollar Index The US Dollar Index (DXY) Index measures the
performance of the US Dollar against a basket of currencies: the euro (EUR), the Japanese yen (JPY), the British pound sterling (GBP), the Canadian dollar (CAD), the Swiss Franc (CHF) and the Swedish krona (SEK).
US Generic Government 10 Year Yields Index A ?xed-income index compiled by
Bloomberg that
measures yields of generic US, on-the-run, government notes and bond indices. Yields are yield to maturity and pre-tax, are based on the ask side of the market and are updated intraday. Yields included in the index are precise to 4 decimal places.
US 10-Year Treasury Note Yield (Used in Macro Sensitivity) The interest rate paid to holders of U.S. 10 Year Treasury Notes. The rate is comprised of Generic
United States on-the-run government 10 Year Treasuries. The yield quoted is yield to maturity and on a pre-tax basis.
SPX Volatility Index VIX, or CBOE Volatility
Index The SPX Volatility Index, also called the VIX or the CBOE Volatility Index, is a measure of the market’s expectation of 30-day volatility. It is constructed using the implied volatilities of a wide range of S&P 500 index options.
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* We define Trend as a comparison between end-of-month; 50-day; and 200-day readings for each factor. A positive trend is identified if either the end-of month reading is greater
than the 50-day reading or if the 50-day reading is greater than the 200-day reading. We identify a negative trend when either the end-of month reading is less than the 50-day reading or when the 50-day reading is less than the 200-day reading. We
define a flat trend as instances when the prevailing movement is neither positive nor negative.
** We define “Potential Impact” as the possible impact
each of the trends may have on the price of gold.
*** Gold holdings in ETFs represented by 25 gold ETFs that, together, make up more than 90% of the gold ETF
universe.
**** We view the correlation coefficient as a metric that measures the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables. We believe
it measures the degree to which the deviations of one variable from
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its mean are related to those of a different
variable from its respective mean. We consider a correlation between -1.0 to -0.5 or 0.5 to 1.0 to be “strong;” one between -0.5 to -0.3 or 0.3 to 0.5 to be “moderate;” and one between -0.3 to -0.1 or 0.1 to 0.3 to be
“weak.” We view a correlation coefficient between -0.1 to 0.1 as having “no correlation” or a “very weak” correlation. The correlation trend — strengthening, weakening or flat — is a comparison between the
month’s correlation and the trailing three-month correlation. We consider a strengthening trend to be when we view the correlation for the month as moderate to strong, and moving closer to -1.0 or 1.0 when compared to the trailing three months.
We believe a weakening trend to be when we consider the correlation for the month to be moving closer to 0.0 when compared to a moderate to strong reading for the trailing three months. Finally, we consider a flat trend to be when the trend is
neither classified as strengthening nor as weakening.
† Gold holdings in ETFs represented by 25 gold ETFs that, together, make up more than 90% of the gold
ETF universe.
its mean are related to those of a different variable from its respective mean. We consider a correlation between -1.0 to -0.5 or 0.5 to 1.0 to be
“strong;” one between -0.5 to -0.3 or 0.3 to 0.5 to be “moderate;” and one between -0.3 to -0.1 or 0.1 to 0.3 to be “weak.” We view a correlation coefficient between -0.1 to 0.1 as having “no correlation” or a
“very weak” correlation. The correlation trend — strengthening, weakening or flat — is a comparison between the month’s correlation and the trailing three-month correlation. We consider a strengthening trend to be when we
view the correlation for the month as moderate to strong, and moving closer to -1.0 or 1.0 when compared to the trailing three months. We believe a weakening trend to be when we consider the correlation for the month to be moving closer to 0.0 when
compared to a moderate to strong reading for the trailing three months. Finally, we consider a flat trend to be when the trend is neither classified as strengthening nor as weakening.
† Gold holdings in ETFs represented by 25 gold ETFs that, together, make up more than 90% of the gold ETF universe.
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