10 Stocks Smart Money is Buying - Q1 2022 Update - YouTube

It’s 13F season. Many super investors  

have published their latest quarterly numbers. And that gives us private investors an opportunity  

to have a look into their latest trades. In today’s video, we will look at the 10  

most held and 10 most bought stocks  by smart money in the last quarter. 

And at the very end of this video, I will also  show you the most sold stock - which will be a  

big surprise - I promise! Let’s go! 

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So first of all, how do I know  what stocks smart money is buying? 

In the US, investment funds with at least $100m  in assets under management have to disclose their  

equity holdings and trades every quarter. And these have to be filed 45 days after  

each quarter. I actually got this data from  

dataroma.com which collects investment information  of 78 of the biggest investment companies. 

Some of these are Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square  Capital Management fund, Charlie Munger, Michal  

Burry’s Scion Asset Management fund and Berkshire,  the investment company of Warren Buffett. 

Right, let’s look at the 10  most held stocks by smart money. 

On number 10, we have Bank of America. It’s the second largest  

bank in the US by total assets. The stock is currently held by 15 super investors. 

Charlie Munger, for example, loves this stock. It’s by far his largest position,  

making up over 39% of his portfolio. The same goes for Berkshire, where it’s  

the second largest position right after Apple. In position number 9, we have Comcast - the  

largest cable provider in the  US with 60 million customers. 

Comcast operates under the Xfinity brand. They also acquired NBCUniversal back  

in 2011 and with it several cable  networks like CNBC, MSNBC and NBC. 

A little bit of a surprise appearance: The  stock is currently held by 16 investors. 

On number 8, we have Mastercard, which is one  of the largest payment processors in the world. 

With over $6tn, it’s currently number 2 in  terms of transactional volume, right after Visa. 

The stock is currently held by 17 investors. Coming in at number 7: Berkshire Hathaway. 

Berkshire is a mega holding company that  owns over 40 publicly traded stocks and  

a mega portfolio of over 60 private companies  from the insurance, railroad and energy sector. 

17 investors currently own this stock. By the way, if you want to see my dedicated  

video on the Berkshire portfolio,  then check out the video in the link. 

Next up on position number 6 is  the bank Wells Fargo, the third  

largest bank in the US by total assets. 19 investors currently own this stock. 

Another banking stock that Charlie Munger loves. This one is his second largest position in his  

portfolio right after Bank of America. In position number 5, we have Amazon. 

It’s best known for its e-commerce business. But it also produces its own hardware  

products like Echo and Alexa  devices, Fire TV or the Kindle. 

It also offers a video streaming  service through Amazon Prime Video. 

On top of that, Amazon is the biggest player in  cloud computing globally through its AWS arm. 

The stock is currently held by 22 investors. And that’s not surprising at all! 

On number 4, we have Mastercard-rival Visa. In terms of payment volume, they are the number 1  

globally ahead of Mastercard and American Express. 23 investors currently own this stock. 

Another financial stock. And in position number 3, we have Microsoft. 

It’s the second most valuable  company globally right behind Apple. 

It’s best known for its software products like the  operating system Microsoft Windows, the Microsoft  

office suite, web services like Bing, LinkedIn or  MSN and hardware products like the Surface line  

or the Xbox and their cloud service Azure. Azure has become the second largest player  

in the cloud infrastructure  space globally right after AWS. 

The stock is currently held by 25 investors. On number 2, we have Meta. 

Meta is the world’s largest online social  network, with 2.5 billion monthly active users. 

If you look at the 7 largest  social networks globally,  

you will find 4 Meta companies in it: Facebook,  WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger. 

On top of that, Meta owns VR headset company  Oculus which was acquired back in 2014. 

30 investors currently own this stock. And there are many good reasons for that. 

But the stock has come under pressure recently  because of weaker revenue and profit growth. 

One of the reasons was Apple’s App  Tracking Transparency feature that  

blocks Meta from sending targeted ads to users. On top of that, Meta also showed the first  

quarterly decline in daily active users ever. And finally, in position number 1,  

we have… drum roll… Who could it be? 

Is it Apple or Tesla? No, it’s Alphabet. 

Alphabet is Google’s parent company and owns  services like Google Ads, Google Cloud, YouTube,  

Android and Other Bets which is their venture arm. The stock is currently held by 31 investors. 

Digital advertising still makes up  the majority of Google’s revenue. 

But the company is heavily investing into other  areas like cloud computing and consumer hardware. 

And that’s where the future growth  of the company could come from. 

If we zoom out and look at the top 10 most held  stocks by super investors, one thing becomes very  

apparent: It’s incredibly US focused. It’s very Financials-heavy with 4  

financial companies in the top 10. And a big surprise: Apple, the most  

valuable company right now, is not in the Top 10. Right, so we looked at the most held stocks. 

But even more interesting: Which stocks  did smart money buy in the last quarter? 

Let’s have a look! On number 10, we have  

car maker GM which is a very big surprise. It was bought by 5 super investors last quarter. 

The average stock price for  GM in Q4 last year was $56. 

From there, the stock is down 24% today. It’s still early days but GM is increasingly  

focusing on EV, which naturally makes  them a target for investment funds. 

In position number 9, we have  online payment platform PayPal. 

It was bought by 6 investors in the last quarter. Their average stock price in Q4 was $232. 

Since then, it’s down 57%. And that’s not all: The share  

price has been falling for almost a year now  from its peak of over $300 and that’s what  

makes PayPal attractive right now. On number 8, we have another  

big surprise: Chip maker Intel. 6 investors bought this stock last quarter. 

Their average stock price in Q4 was $52. Since then, the stock is only down 8%. 

And you can start seeing a trend here. Intel is another value play. 

In the last quarter we saw a sector  rotation from growth to value stocks. 

Coming in at number 7, you will find Fiserv. Fiserv offers financial services  

technology to banks and credit unions. It was bought by 6 investors in the last quarter. 

I’m not too familiar with this  stock to be completely honest. 

Their average stock price in Q4 was $105. Since then, it's down 7%. 

Next up on position number 6 is Comcast. 8 investors bought this stock last quarter. 

Their average stock price in Q4 was $54. Since then, the stock is down 13%. 

In position number 5, we have Alibaba,  finally the first non-US stock of this video! 

Alibaba operates China's most-visited online  marketplaces, including Taobao and Tmall. 

For their global market, they  have Alibaba.com and AliExpress. 

They are one of the biggest cloud  players globally through AlibabaCloud. 

And they are also in mobile  payments through Alipay. 

It was bought by 8 investors in the last quarter. And there is one investor in particular who is  

very bullish on Alibaba: Charlie Munger! More than 27% of his portfolio  

consists of Alibaba. And he loaded up on this stock in Q4  

last year - doubling his shares in Alibaba. Their average stock price in Q4 was $149. 

Since then, it’s down 32%. Alibaba is another stock that was beaten up. 

So much so that it’s starting to become a value  play for value investors like Charlie Munger. 

On number 4, we have Meta It was bought by 11 investors in the last quarter. 

Their average stock price in Q4 was $340. Since then, the stock is down 41%. 

And in position number 3, we have Mastercard. 11 investors bought this stock last quarter. 

Their average stock price in Q4 was $346. Since then, it’s down 4%. 

On number 2, we have Mastercard-rival Visa. It was bought by 11 investors in the last quarter. 

Their average stock price in Q4 was $217. Since then, the stock is down 8%. 

And finally, on position number 1, the most  bought stock in the last quarter is: Amazon! 

It was bought by 12 investors in the last quarter. Their average stock price in Q4 was $3,425. 

Since then, it’s down 15%. Amazon is one of those  

stocks where investors keep buying any dip. If we look at the top 10 most bought stocks,  

there are a few surprises: All stocks are  currently down compared to their Q4 price. 

Also, you won’t find Apple, Tesla,  Nvidia, Microsoft and Alphabet. 

But hey question to you: Is there any other  stock you would have expected in the top 10  

most bought stocks? As always:  

Let me know in the comment section below. Alright, as promised in the beginning of  

this video, let’s also have a look at the most  sold stock by smart money in the last quarter. 

Have a guess! Who could it  be? It’s actually Microsoft. 

It was sold by 15 investors - including  the trust of former CEO Bill Gates. 

One reason for that might be that the stock  had a crazy rally in the last few years,  

reaching all-time highs in Q4. So it’s a good time for investors to lock in  

the profits and move on to the next investments. But I wouldn’t put too much emphasis on this. 

Stocks that are as big as Microsoft  are also traded more frequently. 

And that goes both ways. Yes, it’s been sold by 15 investors. 

But at the same time, it’s  still owned by 25 investors. 

There you have it: The top 10 most held and  bought stocks by smart money in the last quarter. 

But what do you actually think? What was the most surprising stock for you? 

Which stocks have you bought  or sold in the last quarter? 

As always - let me know in  the comment section below. 

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