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U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INCCIK 0000754811 · Investment Advice
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About U S GLOBAL INVESTORS INC
Source: Item 1 (Business) from the 10-K filed September 8, 2025. Description as filed by the company with the SEC.
Item 1. Business
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In addition, U.S. Global Investors, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “U.S. Global” or the “Company”) may make other written and oral communications from time to time that contain such statements. Forward-looking statements include statements as to industry trends, future expectations of the Company, and other matters that do not relate strictly to historical facts and are based on certain assumptions by management. These statements are often identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “should,” “estimate,” or “continue,” and similar expressions or variations. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of Company management based on information currently available to management. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements include, among others, the risks described in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors, and elsewhere in this report and other documents filed or furnished by U.S. Global from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). U.S. Global cautions readers to carefully consider such factors. Furthermore, such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which such statements are made. Except to the extent required by applicable law, U.S. Global undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements.
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U.S. Global, a Texas corporation organized in 1968, is a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”). The Company, with principal operations located in San Antonio, Texas, manages two business segments:
1.
Investment Management Services, through which the Company offers, to U.S. Global Investors Funds (“USGIF” or the “Fund(s)”) and exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) clients, a range of investment management products and services to meet the needs of individual and institutional investors; and
2.
Corporate Investments, through which the Company invests for its own account in an effort to add growth and value to its cash position. The Company holds a significant amount of its total assets in investments.
As part of its investment management business, the Company provides: (1) investment advisory services and (2) administrative services to the mutual funds advised by the Company. The fees from these services, as well as investment income, are the primary sources of the Company’s revenue.
Business Segments
Business segments are discussed below.
Investment Management Services
Investment Advisory Services. The Company furnishes an investment program for each of the clients it manages and determines, subject to overall supervision by the applicable board of trustees of the clients, the clients’ investments pursuant to an advisory agreement. Consistent with the investment restrictions, objectives and policies of the particular client, the portfolio team for each client determines what investments should be purchased, sold, and held, and makes changes in the portfolio deemed necessary or appropriate. In the advisory agreement, the Company is charged with seeking the best overall terms in executing portfolio transactions and selecting brokers or dealers.
As required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“Investment Company Act”), the advisory agreement with USGIF is subject to annual renewal and is terminable upon a 60 days' notice. In September 2024, the Board of Trustees of USGIF approved the annual renewal of the advisory agreement. Management anticipates that the advisory agreement will be renewed.
In addition to providing advisory services to USGIF, the Company provides advisory services to four U.S.-based ETF clients: U.S. Global Jets ETF, U.S. Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners ETF, U.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF, and the U.S. Global Technology and Aerospace & Defense ETF. The advisory agreements for the U.S.-based ETFs have been renewed through July 2026. The Company also serves as investment advisor to one European-based ETF, The Travel UCITS ETF. The advisory services agreement for The Travel UCITS ETF is not subject to renewal on an annual basis and is terminable upon 6-months' notice.
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Net assets under management on June 30, 2025, and 2024, are detailed in the following table.
Assets Under Management (“AUM”)
Fund
Ticker
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
(dollars in thousands)
ETF Clients
Airline, Travel and Cargo
U.S. Global Jets ETF
JETS
$
814,362
$
1,152,909
The Travel UCITS ETF
TRIP
20,257
19,750
U.S. Global Sea to Sky ETF
SEA
8,382
7,219
Total Airline, Travel and Cargo
843,001
1,179,878
Gold and Natural Resources
U.S. Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners ETF
GOAU
124,160
94,089
Total Gold and Natural Resources
124,160
94,089
Technology, Aerospace and Defense
U.S. Global Technology and Aerospace & Defense ETF
WAR
6,055
-
Total Technology, Aerospace and Defense
6,055
-
Total ETF Clients
973,216
1,273,967
U.S. Global Investors Funds
Gold and Natural Resources
Gold and Precious Metals
USERX
156,587
101,515
World Precious Minerals
UNWPX
48,623
41,608
Global Resources
PSPFX
40,612
41,720
Total Gold and Natural Resources
245,822
184,843
International Equity
Global Luxury Goods
USLUX
50,934
48,453
Total International Equity
50,934
48,453
Bond
U.S. Government Securities Ultra-Short Bond
UGSDX
28,783
30,072
Near-Term Tax Free
NEARX
24,896
25,030
Total Bond
53,679
55,102
Total U.S. Global Investors Funds
350,435
288,398
Total AUM
$
1,323,651
$
1,562,365
Administrative Services. The Company also manages, supervises and conducts certain other affairs of USGIF, subject to the control of the Funds’ Board of Trustees pursuant to an administrative services agreement. The administrative services agreement with USGIF is subject to renewal on an annual basis and is terminable upon 60 days' notice. In September 2024, the Board of Trustees of USGIF approved the annual renewal of the administrative services agreement. Management anticipates that the administrative services agreement will be renewed.
Corporate Investments
Investment Activities. In addition to providing management and advisory services, the Company is actively engaged in investing for its own account. See segment information in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements at Note 15, Financial Information by Business Segment, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Additional Segment Information
See additional financial information about business segments in