This Precious Metals Fund Is Up 190% This Past Year and Still a Top Holding Even After a $4 Million Sale

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Jonathan Ponciano, The Motley Fool

Fri, January 16, 2026 astatine 9:45 AM CST 4 min read

Key Points

Wisconsin-based Uncommon Cents Investing sold 77,370 shares of ASA successful the 4th quarter; the estimated transaction worth was $3.92 cardinal based connected quarterly mean prices.
The quarter-end presumption worth decreased by $2.56 million, reflecting some trading and terms changes
Post-transaction, the money held 440,404 ASA shares worthy $26.28 million.
ASA accounted for 6.36% of AUM post-trade, making it the fund's apical holding.
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On Thursday, Wisconsin-based Uncommon Cents Investing disclosed successful a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that it sold 77,370 shares of ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited (NYSE:ASA), an estimated $3.92 cardinal transaction based connected quarterly mean pricing.

What happened

According to a SEC filing released Thursday, Uncommon Cents Investing reduced its presumption successful ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited by 77,370 shares successful the 4th quarter. The estimated transaction worth was $3.92 cardinal based connected the quarter’s mean stock price. After the sale, the fund’s quarter-end involvement successful ASA was valued astatine $26.28 million, a nett alteration of $2.56 cardinal aft accounting for some stock income and marketplace terms movement.

What other to cognize

This was a partial sale, leaving ASA astatine 6.36% of Uncommon Cents Investing LLC’s reportable assets nether absorption aft the trade.

Top 5 holdings aft the filing:

NYSE:ASA: $26.28 cardinal (6.4% of AUM)
NYSE:WFC: $10.42 cardinal (2.5% of AUM)
NASDAQ:MSFT: $9.84 cardinal (2.4% of AUM)
NYSE:RTX: $9.62 cardinal (2.3% of AUM)
NYSE:KR: $8.82 cardinal (2.1% of AUM)

As of Thursday, ASA shares were priced astatine $63.48, up a staggering 189.9% implicit the past twelvemonth and vastly outperforming the S&P 500's astir 17% summation successful the aforesaid period.

Fund overview

Price (as of Thursday)	$63.48
Market Capitalization	$1.20 cardinal
Net Income (TTM)	$263.82 cardinal

Fund snapshot

ASA invests chiefly successful equities of companies progressive successful the exploration, mining, oregon processing of gold, silver, platinum, diamonds, and different precious minerals, arsenic good arsenic successful speech traded funds
It operates arsenic a closed-end concern company, generating income and superior appreciation done a portfolio of planetary precious metals and mining equities
ASA serves organization and idiosyncratic investors seeking vulnerability to the precious metals assemblage and related mining industries worldwide

ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited is simply a specialized concern institution focused connected gathering a diversified portfolio of precious metals and mining equities. The institution leverages cardinal investigation and a bottom-up attack to place worth and maturation opportunities wrong the sector. With a way grounds dating backmost to 1958, ASA provides investors with targeted entree to planetary golden and precious metals markets done a disciplined, research-driven strategy.