GLD: 10-K Risk Factor Changes

2023 vs 2022  ·  SEC EDGAR  ·  2026-06-01
Other years: 2025 vs 2024 · 2024 vs 2023
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New Risks
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Modified
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Unchanged
🟢 New in Current Filing Crises may motivate large-scale sales of gold which could decrease the price of gold and adversely affect an investment in the Shares. 🔒
🟢 New in Current Filing Substantial sales of gold by the official sector could adversely affect an investment in the Shares. 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing The Trust may not have adequate sources of recovery if its gold is lost, damaged, stolen or destroyed and recovery may be limited, even in the event of fraud, to the market value of the gold at the time the fraud is discovered. 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Gold held in the Trust’s unallocated gold account and any Authorized Participant’s unallocated gold account will not be segregated from the Custodian’s assets. If the Custodian becomes insolvent, its assets may not be adequate to satisfy a claim by the Trust or any Authorized Participant. In addition, in the event of the Custodian’s insolvency, there may be a delay and costs incurred in identifying the gold bars held in the Trust’s allocated gold account. 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing General Risks 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Risks Related to the Shares 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing The Trust’s obligation to reimburse the Marketing Agent and the Authorized Participants for certain liabilities in the event the Sponsor fails to indemnify such parties could adversely affect an investment in the Shares. 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Market Information 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Holders of Record 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Issuer Purchase of Shares 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing of gold per Share 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing [Reserved] 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Trust Overview 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Share price & NAV v. gold price – November 18, 2004 to September 30, 2022 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Critical Accounting Policy 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Sep-30, 2021 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Financial Highlights 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Sep-30, 2020 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Selected Supplemental Data 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Ounces of Gold: 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Number of Shares (in 000’s): 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Daily Gold Price – October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2022 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing LBMA Gold Price PM USD 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Conclusion Regarding the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Change in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Years Ended September 30, 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing 1. Financial Statements 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing 2. Financial Statement Schedules 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing 3. Exhibits 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Incorporated by Reference 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Filing Date/Period 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Incorporated by Reference 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Filing Date/Period 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Incorporated by Reference 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Filing Date/Period 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing SIGNATURES 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing SPDR® GOLD TRUST 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing SPDR® GOLD TRUST 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Statements of Financial Condition 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Sep-30, 2021 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing LIABILITIES 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Net Assets 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Schedules of Investment 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing (Amounts in 000’s except for percentages) 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing % of Net Assets 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing % of Net Assets 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Statements of Operations 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Sep-30, 2020 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Net realized and change in unrealized gain/(loss) on investment in gold 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Net income/(loss) 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Statements of Cash Flows 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing INCREASE/DECREASE IN CASH FROM OPERATIONS: 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH FINANCING ACTIVITIES: 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Sep-30, 2020 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME/(LOSS) TO NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing SPDR® GOLD TRUST 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Statements of Changes in Net Assets 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Sep-30, 2020 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Notes to the Financial Statements 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Organization 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Significant Accounting Policies 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Basis of Accounting 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Fair Value Measurement 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing September 30, 2022 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing September 30, 2021 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Custody of Gold 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Gold Receivable 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Sep-30, 2021 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Gold Payable 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Sep-30, 2021 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Creations and Redemptions of Shares 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Sep-30, 2020 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Activity in Number of Shares Created and Redeemed: 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Sep-30, 2020 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Activity in Value of Shares Created and Redeemed: 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Income and Expense (Amounts in 000’s of US$) 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Income Taxes 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Quarterly Statements of Operations 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Fiscal Period Ended September 30, 2022 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Three Months Ended (unaudited) 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Year EndedSep 30, 2022 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Net realized and change in unrealized gain/(loss) on investment in gold 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Net income/(loss) 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Fiscal Period Ended September 30, 2021 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Three Months Ended (unaudited) 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Year EndedSep 30, 2021 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Net realized and change in unrealized gain/(loss) on investment in gold 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Net income/(loss) 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Related Parties – Sponsor and Trustee 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Concentration of Risk 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Indemnification 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Financial Highlights 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Net Asset Value 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Ratio to average net assets 🔒
🟡 Modified The Trust as well as the Sponsor and its service providers are vulnerable to the effects of geopolitical events, including the Israel-Hamas war, the continuation of the war in Ukraine and other hostilities. 🔒
🟡 Modified The Trust as well as the Sponsor and its service providers are vulnerable to the effects of public health crises such as the coronavirus pandemic (the “COVID-19 pandemic”). 🔒
🟡 Modified The Trust may not have adequate sources of recovery if its gold is lost, damaged, stolen or destroyed and recovery may be limited, even in the event of fraud, to the market value of the gold at the time the fraud is discovered. 🔒
🟡 Modified Because the Trustee and the Custodians do not oversee or monitor the activities of subcustodians who may temporarily hold the Trust’s gold bars until transported to a Custodian’s London vault premises, failure by the subcustodians to exercise due care in the safekeeping of the Trust’s gold bars could result in a loss to the Trust. 🔒
🟡 Modified The ability of the Trustee and the Custodians to take legal action against subcustodians may be limited, which increases the possibility that the Trust may suffer a loss if a subcustodian does not use due care in the safekeeping of the Trust’s gold bars. 🔒
🟡 Modified Shareholders do not have the protections associated with ownership of shares in an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the protections afforded by the Commodity Exchange Act. 🔒
🟡 Modified If concerns about the integrity or reliability of the LBMA Gold Price PM arise, even if eventually shown to be without merit, such concerns could adversely affect investor interest in gold and therefore adversely affect the price of gold and the value of an investment in the Shares. 🔒
🟡 Modified Risks Related to the Custody of Gold 🔒
🟡 Modified Potential conflicts of interest may arise among the Sponsor or its affiliates and the Trust. 🔒
🟡 Modified The gold bullion custody operations of the Custodians are not subject to specific governmental regulatory supervision. 🔒
109 changes in this historical filing

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