Core Insights - Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund, significantly increased its holdings in major U.S. tech companies, particularly Nvidia, during Q2 of this year [1][6] - The fund's total assets reached $24.8 billion, reflecting a 14.81% increase from the previous quarter [1][2] - The fund's strategy included adding to 206 positions, initiating 85 new positions, and reducing 287 positions, with 164 positions completely sold out [1][2] Holdings Overview - The top five holdings in Bridgewater's portfolio include SPDR S&P 500 ETF (6.51%), iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (5.78%), Nvidia (4.61%), iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (4.16%), and Alphabet (3.98%) [3][5] - Nvidia saw a substantial increase in shares held, rising by 4.39 million shares to a total of 7.23 million, marking a 154% increase [6][8] - Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta also experienced increased holdings, with Microsoft rising to 1.72 million shares (3.44%), Alphabet to 5.60 million shares (3.98%), and Meta to 807,073 shares (2.40%) [6][8] New and Sold Positions - Bridgewater initiated new positions in Arm (473,725 shares), Lyft (247,900 shares), and Intuit (58,838 shares), among others [6][7] - The fund completely exited positions in several Chinese stocks, including Alibaba, Pinduoduo, Baidu, and JD.com [1][8] - Additionally, the fund reduced its stake in Amazon and PayPal, with Amazon's holdings decreasing by 795,500 shares and PayPal by 448,000 shares [8][9]

Group 1 - Bridgewater Associates significantly increased its holdings in Nvidia by over 154%, making it the fund's third-largest position [2] - Microsoft saw a holding increase of over 111%, while Google and Meta increased their stakes by over 84% and nearly 90%, respectively, ranking as the sixth, fifth, and seventh largest positions in the fund [2] - Uber's holdings surged by more than five times, and Johnson & Johnson's stake increased by over 667% [2] Group 2 - Bridgewater reduced its positions in Amazon by nearly 6%, AMD by nearly 19%, and PayPal by over 12% [2] - The fund completely exited its positions in Alibaba, Baidu, and JD.com [2] - New positions include chip design company Arm, as well as Intuit, EQT, Lyft, and Ulta Beauty [2] Group 3 - The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) remains Bridgewater's largest holding, although the stake was reduced by approximately 21.9% [2] - The SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) holdings remained unchanged in the second quarter [2]