I don't understand this. Did they increase the overall amount of gold they held?

KaiserPro 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sold it at the peak, and then bought it locally a few months later.

rstarast 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

First sell the gold, then buy same amount at a slightly lower price a bit later (on average)

xvedejas 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> the price of gold continued to rise as they did this

This would mean they sold low and bought high, right?

price of gold dropped from $5500 to $4600 in the last few weeks then came back. all is possible

	▲	mort96 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Then they didn't make money as a result of the price rising, which is what the original commenter and article claimed.

renewiltord 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It’s because they’re using European mathematics. You wouldn’t understand if you’re American.

In reality the article is attempting to account for a capital gain pnl accounting for taxes.

coldtea 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Usually that's how you want your selling and buying combos to be...

berkes 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But the gold price has been rising (on average) a lot over the period July 2025 to January 2026

	▲	tonfa 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		From the annual report, it looks like the headline number (XXB gain) is just because it's realized capital gain (which due to their reporting requirement appears in their annual report, unlike unrealized gains). They have ~same amount of gold between both years and it doesn't look like they took extra market risk.

wqaatwt 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Impossible to make anywhere close to that amount since they only sold 129 tonnes