Structured as a physically backed exchange-traded fund, it provides investors with exposure to the price performance of gold bullion without the need to hold physical metal. The fund holds allocated gold bars in secure vaults and issues shares that trade on public exchanges, making it a widely used vehicle for hedging inflation, currency risk, and market volatility. With deep liquidity and significant assets under management, it is closely tracked by institutional and retail investors as a proxy for movements in spot gold prices.
16 members of Congress have disclosed 50 trades in SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), a Basic Materials company. The buy/sell breakdown shows 26 purchases versus 23 sales, indicating net buying interest from lawmakers. All data is sourced from STOCK Act periodic transaction reports filed with Congress.
| Date | Politician | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-27 | Rohit Khanna | sell | $1K – $15K |
| 2024-11-26 | Rohit Khanna | sell | $1K – $15K |
| 2024-11-25 | Rohit Khanna | sell | $1K – $15K |
| 2024-11-24 | Rohit Khanna | sell | $1K – $15K |
| 2024-03-13 | Thomas R Carper | sell | $1K – $15K |
| 2023-10-31 | Diana Harshbarger | sell | $15K – $50K |
| 2023-06-08 | Michael Garcia | sell | $15K – $50K |
| 2023-06-06 | RON BARBER | buy | $1K – $15K |
| 2022-08-10 | Thomas R Carper | sell | $1K – $15K |
| 2022-07-03 | HOWARD L. BERMAN | buy | $15K – $50K |
| 2022-05-10 | Thomas R Carper | sell | $1K – $15K |
| 2022-03-07 | Thomas R Carper | buy | $1K – $15K |
| 2022-01-26 | Thomas R Carper | sell | $1K – $15K |
| 2022-01-18 | Thomas R Carper | buy | $1K – $15K |
| 2021-07-26 | Thomas R Carper | buy | $1K – $15K |
| 2021-04-12 | Michael Garcia | buy | $15K – $50K |
| 2021-02-22 | ALAN S. LOWENTHAL | sell | $1K – $15K |
| 2021-02-22 | ALAN S. LOWENTHAL | sell | $1K – $15K |
| 2021-02-22 | ALAN S. LOWENTHAL | sell | $15K – $50K |
| 2021-01-19 | MIKE KELLY | sell | $100K – $250K |
| 2021-01-04 | Rohit Khanna | buy | $1K – $15K |
| 2020-12-08 | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | buy | $15K – $50K |
| 2020-11-20 | Thomas R Carper | buy | $1K – $15K |
| 2020-08-25 | RAUL M. GRIJALVA | sell | $1K – $15K |
| 2020-08-25 | RAUL M. GRIJALVA | sell | $1K – $15K |
| 2020-08-18 | Pat Roberts | buy | $15K – $50K |
| 2020-08-13 | Thomas R Carper | sell | $1K – $15K |
| 2020-07-13 | Virginia Foxx | buy | $15K – $50K |
| 2020-05-20 | Trey Hollingsworth | sell | $1K – $15K |
| 2020-05-14 | RAUL M. GRIJALVA | buy | $1K – $15K |
| 2020-05-14 | RAUL M. GRIJALVA | buy | $1K – $15K |
| 2020-05-01 | Kurt Schrader | sell | $1K – $15K |
| 2020-04-08 | ALAN S. LOWENTHAL | buy | $465+ |
| 2020-04-08 | ALAN S. LOWENTHAL | buy | $1K – $15K |
| 2020-04-02 | Thomas R Carper | buy | $1K – $15K |
| 2020-04-02 | Thomas R Carper | sell | $1K – $15K |
| 2020-03-10 | FRED UPTON | sell | $15K – $50K |
| 2020-03-10 | FRED UPTON | sell | $15K – $50K |
| 2020-02-27 | MICHAEL T. MCCAUL | sell | $1K – $15K |
| 2019-11-26 | Kurt Schrader | buy | $1K – $15K |
| 2019-11-01 | Kurt Schrader | buy | $1K – $15K |
| 2019-09-13 | ALAN S. LOWENTHAL | buy | $848+ |
| 2019-09-12 | ALAN S. LOWENTHAL | buy | $424+ |
| 2019-09-12 | ALAN S. LOWENTHAL | buy | $1K – $15K |
| 2019-09-06 | Kurt Schrader | buy | $1K – $15K |
| 2019-09-06 | Kurt Schrader | buy | $1K – $15K |
| 2019-09-04 | ALAN S. LOWENTHAL | buy | $1K – $15K |
| 2019-09-04 | ALAN S. LOWENTHAL | buy | $584+ |
| 2019-09-04 | ALAN S. LOWENTHAL | buy | $1K – $15K |
| 2019-07-02 | Rohit Khanna | exchange | $250K – $500K |