Bridgewater heavily bought Alibaba in Q1, and also established positions in JD.com and gold ETFs.

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15/05/2025
Bridgewater Fund announced its quarterly holdings report as of March 31 this year. In terms of increasing holdings, they bought over 5.4 million shares of Alibaba, with a growth rate of 21 times compared to the previous quarter, jumping to become their fourth largest holding. They also bought 1.88 million shares of Baidu, 320,000 shares of Apple, 400,000 shares of Amazon, nearly 500,000 shares of Pinduoduo, and 1.3 million shares of the core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF - iShares, among others. In terms of new positions, Bridgewater bought 1.1 million units of the Gold ETF - SPDR in the first quarter, becoming the sixth largest holding target, and entered 2.78 million shares of JD.com. As for reducing holdings, they cut nearly 60% of their holdings in the number one holding target S&P 500 ETF - SPDR, reduced their holdings in NVIDIA by 18.74%, Meta by 31.47%, Google by 16%, cut 80% of their position in Robinhood, and liquidated Lyft and Rivian, among others. As of March 31 this year, Bridgewater Fund's total size was $21.6 billion, a 1.47% increase compared to the previous period.