Barclays Bank Q3 Positions

According to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Barclays Bank submitted the third quarter (Q3) position report (13F) as of September 30, 2021.

According to statistics, the total market value of Barclays Bank's positions in the third quarter reached 222.223 billion US dollars. The total market value of the previous quarter was 211.642 billion US dollars, an increase of 5% from the previous quarter. Barclays Bank added 266 new stocks to its holdings portfolio in the first quarter and increased its holdings by 2,664 stocks. At the same time, Barclays Bank also reduced its holdings of 1,371 stocks and liquidated 376 stocks. Among them, the top ten holdings accounted for 30.76% of the total market value.

From the perspective of holding preferences, IT, financial and communications stocks rank among the top three, accounting for 23.13%, 22.12% and 11.57% of the total holdings respectively.

Among the top five major stocks, the S&P 500 Index ETF (put options, SPY) ranked first, holding approximately 36.93 million shares and holdings with a market value of approximately US$15.8 billion, a decrease of 2% from the previous quarter’s holdings and accounting for a proportion of the portfolio. It was 7.13%.

The Nasdaq 100ETF (put options, QQQ) ranked second, holding approximately 25.97 million shares and holdings with a market value of approximately US$9.3 billion, a 36% decrease from the previous quarter and accounting for 4.18% of the portfolio.

Russell 2000 index ETF (put options, IWM) ranked third, holding about 32.87 million shares, holding a market value of about 7.2 billion US dollars, an increase of 1% from the previous quarter, and accounting for 3.24% of the portfolio.

The S&P 500 Index ETF (call option) ranked fourth, holding approximately 15.95 million shares and holdings with a market value of approximately US$6.8 billion, a 33% decrease in the number of holdings compared with the previous quarter, accounting for 3.08% of the portfolio.

Apple (AAPL.US) ranked fifth, holding approximately 41.92 million shares and holding a market value of approximately US$5.9 billion, an increase of 10% from the previous quarter’s holdings, accounting for 2.67% of the portfolio.