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巴克莱Q1大幅增持科技巨头 押中最火“AI发电股”Vistra(VST.US)

Barclays Q1 sharply increased its holdings, and tech giants bet on the hottest “AI power generation stock” Vistra (VST.US)

Zhitong Finance ·  May 16 05:27

Barclays Bank (BCS.US) has submitted its position report (13F) for the first quarter (Q1) ending March 31, 2024.

Zhitong Finance App learned that, according to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosure, Barclays Bank (BCS.US) submitted a position report (13F) for the first quarter (Q1) ending March 31, 2024.

According to statistics, the total market value of Barclays Bank's holdings in the first quarter reached 288 billion US dollars, and the total market value in the previous quarter was 273 billion US dollars, an increase of 5% over the previous quarter. Barclays Bank added 336 new shares to its portfolio in the first quarter and increased its holdings by 1,269 shares. At the same time, Barclays Bank also reduced its holdings by 3010 shares and cleared 509 stocks. Among them, the top ten holdings account for 29.46% of the total market value.

Among the top five major stocks, Microsoft (MSFT.US) still ranks first, holding about 32.65 million shares, with a market value of about US$13.736 billion, accounting for 4.78% of the portfolio, up 7.93% from the number of holdings in the previous quarter.

NASDAQ 100 ETF put options (QQQ.US, PUT) ranked second, holding about 29.96 million shares, with a market value of about US$13.304 billion, accounting for 4.63% of the portfolio, up 13.75% from the number of positions held in the previous quarter.

Apple (AAPL.US) ranked third, holding about 71.7 million shares, with a market value of about US$12.295 billion, accounting for 4.27% of the portfolio, up 31.37% from the previous quarter.

Russell 2000 Index ETF put options (IWM.US, PUT) and Nvidia (NVDA.US) ranked fourth and fifth respectively, with market capitalization of 8.902 billion US dollars and 7.989 billion US dollars respectively, up 21.34% and 16.21% from the number of positions held in the previous quarter.

Judging from changes in position ratios, the top five buying targets are: Nvidia, Amazon (AMZN.US), NASDAQ 100 ETF put options, Microsoft, and Russell 2000 index ETF put options.

The top five selling targets were: S&P 500 ETF put options (SPY.US, PUT), bond index ETF-iShares iBoxx high yield corporate bond put options (HYG.US, PUT), S&P 500 ETF call options (SPY.US, CALL), NASDAQ 100 ETF call options (QQQ.US, CALL), and Tesla call options (TSLA.US, CALL).

Barclays first quarter betting company Flutter Entertainment (FLUT.US), US largest electricity producer Vistra Energy bullish options (VST.US, CALL), etc. It is worth noting that due to the high demand for electricity brought about by the construction and operation of AI data centers, US power supply stocks have soared, and Vistra's stock price has risen 298% over the past year, surpassing Nvidia.

Barclays cleared Ansemi Semiconductor's bullish options (ON.US, CALL) and Huirong Technology's bullish options (SIMO.US, CALL) in the first quarter.

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