Nomura announced the holdings report (form 13f) for the third quarter ending September 30, 2024.
According to disclosures from the USA Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Japan-based financial giant Nomura (NOMURA HOLDINGS INC) has announced the holdings report (form 13f) for the third quarter ending September 30, 2024.
Latest data shows that Nomura's total market value of holdings in Q3 is 43.6 billion USD, down from 52.2 billion USD in the previous quarter, a decrease of 16.5%. In Q3, Nomura added 374 symbols to its portfolio, increased shareholding in 412 symbols, reduced shareholding in 521 symbols, and completely liquidated 614 symbols; the top ten holdings accounted for 42.61% of the total market value.
Among Nomura's top ten holdings, there is a concentration in index options and technology stocks, with a higher proportion of index options among the top ten holdings. In the third quarter, Nomura simultaneously sold call and put options for the Nasdaq 100 ETF and e-mini russell 2000 index ETF—establishing a short straddle strategy, indicating that Nomura may believe that the volatility of the Nasdaq 100 ETF and e-mini russell 2000 index corresponding to the Nasdaq 100 and e-mini russell 2000 index will significantly decrease; this strategy is suitable for expectations that the market will maintain a sideways trend, meaning lower volatility for the corresponding index without significant fluctuations. Additionally, Nomura sold put options on the s&p 500 index ETF while buying call options, indicating that Nomura may believe that the s&p 500 index will trend upwards in the future.
Regarding individual stocks, Nomura bought both Tesla (TSLA.US) and put options on the stock—establishing a protected put strategy, which is suitable for situations where there is an optimistic outlook for the asset price but a desire to hedge against downside risk. Furthermore, while buying shares of apple (AAPL.US), Nomura also purchased call options on the company and sold put options, indicating that the brokerage's overall operation in the third quarter was bullish on apple's stock price. Moreover, based on the changes in operations from the third quarter, Nomura is also generally bullish on Meta (META.US), microsoft (MSFT.US), google (GOOGL.US), and amazon (AMZN.US).
Notably, in the third quarter, while selling shares of nvidia (NVDA.US), Nomura bought put options on the stock and sold call options, indicating that the brokerage's overall operation in the third quarter was bearish on nvidia's stock price.
Among the underlying stocks primarily held by Nomura are nvidia (NVDA.US), Tesla (TSLA.US), Meta (META.US), and Dollar Tree (DLTR.US). Of these, nvidia and Tesla account for 4.02% and 2.5% of the portfolio proportion, ranking fifth and seventh respectively. The quantity of holdings in nvidia and Dollar Tree has declined, while the quantity of holdings in Tesla and Meta has significantly increased, with gains of 1262% and 370% respectively.
From the changes in holding ratios, the top five buying symbols for Nomura are: Tesla (TSLA.US), Tesla put options (TSLA.US, PUT), Nvidia put options (NVDA.US, PUT), Valero Energy call options (VLO.US, CALL), Coinbase bonds (DEBT-COIN).
The top five selling symbols include: SPDR S&P 500 index ETF put options (SPY.US, PUT), Nvidia call options (NVDA.US, CALL), Dollar Tree (DLTR.US), Cognizant (CTSH.US), Nasdaq 100 ETF-Invesco QQQ Trust call options (QQQ.US, CALL).
