According to the disclosure by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Wall Street financial giant JPMorgan submitted the third quarter U.S. stock hold positions report (form 13f) as of September 30, 2024.
The latest statistics show that this largest commercial bank on Wall Street had a total market cap of its U.S. stock hold positions of approximately 1.31 trillion USD for the third quarter, compared to 1.22 trillion USD in the previous quarter, which is an increase of about 7% quarter-on-quarter. The institution added 582 stocks in its U.S. stock portfolio in the third quarter, increased its shareholding in 3608 stocks, decreased its shareholding in 2465 stocks, and completely sold out of 531 stocks. The top ten holdings in the third quarter accounted for 23.48% of JPMorgan's total market cap of U.S. stock holdings.
In JPMorgan's top ten heavily weighted stocks for the third quarter, the focus is on the major technology giants in the usa, indicating that JPMorgan is betting that global funds will continue to cluster around these strong fundamental technology giants in the usa that benefit from the ai investment boom.$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$、$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$and$Amazon (AMZN.US)$In the third quarter, increased shareholding by jp morgan to varying degrees.$Apple (AAPL.US)$、$Meta Platforms (META.US)$with$Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$On the other hand, slight shareholding reduction by jp morgan.
In addition,$S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ETF,$UnitedHealth (UNH.US)$and$MasterCard (MA.US)$Acquired at different levels.
Among the top ten heavyweights of jpmorgan, microsoft firmly ranks first, holding approximately 0.137 billion shares, with a holding market cap of about 59.1 billion usd, accounting for 4.51% of the portfolio, an increase of 3.64% compared to the overall holding quantity from the previous quarter. Relying on its status as a major shareholder of OpenAI, microsoft has embedded OpenAI's proud GPT-4 ai large model into its flagship applications such as the Office series and the microsoft Azure cloud computing service platform, becoming the absolute leader in ai application globally. Its performance and stock price have continuously increased since 2023, once firmly sitting in the position of "the world's highest market cap listed company"; however, recently the stock price has weakened due to unclear prospects for ai monetization and the continued upward pressure of us treasury yields, currently lagging behind nvidia and apple in the global equity market cap ranking.
Nvidia ranks second, holding approximately 0.407 billion shares, with a holding market cap of about 49.4 billion usd, accounting for 3.76% of the portfolio, an increase of 4.08% in holding quantity compared to the previous quarter.
Apple ranks third, holding approximately 0.179 billion shares, with a market cap of about 41.7 billion USD, accounting for 3.18% of the portfolio, a slight decrease of 1.09% in holdings compared to the last quarter.
Amazon ranks fourth, holding approximately 0.18 billion shares, with a market cap of 33.5 billion USD, accounting for 2.55% of the portfolio, an increase of 3.87% in holdings compared to the last quarter.
SPDR S&P 500 index etf ranks fifth, holding approximately 56.68 million shares, with a market cap of 32.5 billion USD, accounting for 2.48% of the portfolio, a slight increase of 0.62% in holdings compared to the last quarter.
Among the top ten major holdings, JPMorgan ranks sixth through tenth as: the parent company of Facebook.$Meta Platforms (META.US)$and the leader in the weight loss drug sector.$Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.US)$ Alphabet, the parent company, before the release of its first quarter financial report, laid off at least 200 employees from its core team, including 4 vice presidents and 25 directors. $UnitedHealth (UNH.US)$and$MasterCard (MA.US)$, the latter two saw shareholding increases by JPMorgan in the third quarter, while the others were slightly reduced.
From the changes in hold positions, JPMorgan's top five purchased symbols are:mcdonald's (MCD.US) 、$Ishares Broad Usd High Yield Corporate Bond Etf (USHY.US)$The SPDR S&P 500 index etf call options, unitedhealth and significantly increasing shareholding in "Oracle of Omaha" Buffett's company.$Berkshire Hathaway-B (BRK.B.US)$The top five sell symbols are:$Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$Google, eli lilly and co,$Broadcom (AVGO.US)$and$Ishares Trust New York Muni Bond Etf (NYF.US)$。
It is worth noting that jpmorgan seems to have significantly cooled its investment enthusiasm for the "hot ai chip" that has been leading the entire usa stock market since 2023 in the third quarter, which may also suggest that jpmorgan took profits at historical highs. Broadcom saw its shareholding reduced by about 20% by jpmorgan in the third quarter, while the global "king of chip foundry" experienced a reduction of about 17%. Compared to the previous quarter, the overall hold positions in advanced micro devices striving to challenge nvidia's ai chip monopoly were significantly reduced by about 45%.$Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM.US)$Berkshire Hathaway B, under Buffett, received a significant increase in shareholding from jpmorgan in the third quarter, with a substantial growth of 32% compared to the previous quarter.
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