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Comment by rstarast

17 hours ago

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

> 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

    • Then they didn't make money as a result of the price rising, which is what the original commenter and article claimed.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.