Legendary investor Ken Fisher's hedge fund, Fisher Asset Management, grew the value of its portfolio by more than $14 billion dollars in the last quarter.
Here's a look at the fund's most significant trades.
Top Holdings: Fisher Asset Management reported approximately $244 billion in assets under management (AUM), according to an SEC filing.
The firm also added small amounts to each of its top five positions:
Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT)
NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA)
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and
Alphabet, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL).
Top Buys: Fisher Asset Management's top buy in terms of value was $2.09 billion in shares of the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IEF) which provides targeted exposure to U.S. Treasury bonds with remaining maturities between seven and ten years. Treasury bonds are generally considered low-risk investments, which can help balance riskier assets in a diversified portfolio.
The fund's second and third-largest buys were $850 million in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) and $490 million worth of shares of oil and natural gas producer ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP).
Top Sells: The hedge fund's top sells by value were $1.35 billion in shares of the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSE:LQD), $750 million worth of Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) shares and $710 million in shares of Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F).
New Holdings: One of the fund's most notable new holdings is Nu Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NU), a digital banking services provider also backed by Warren Buffett. Fisher Asset management opened a position in Nu Holdings with approximately 7.23 million shares valued at more than $98.7 million.
The hedge fund also took a $28.3 million new position in wealth manager UBS Group AG (NYSE:UBS) and opened a $17.2 million position in the iShares MSCI China A ETF (BATS:CNYA), which tracks an index composed of Chinese equities available to international investors.
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