Gifford Fong Associates 13F annual report

Gifford Fong Associates is an investment fund managing more than $377 million ran by Christine Proctor. There are currently 126 companies in Mrs. Proctor’s portfolio. The largest investments include NVIDIA Corp and Amazon.com, together worth $63.9 million.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$377 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 5th August 2024, Gifford Fong Associates’s top holding is 365,710 shares of NVIDIA Corp currently worth over $45.2 million and making up 12.0% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of NVIDIA Corp, Gifford Fong Associates owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 96,793 shares of Amazon.com worth $18.7 million, whose value fell 3.1% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Apple Inc worth $17.1 million and the next is Microsoft worth $15.3 million, with 34,302 shares owned.

Currently, Gifford Fong Associates's portfolio is worth at least $377 million. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Gifford Fong Associates

The Gifford Fong Associates office and employees reside in Lafayette, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Christine Proctor serves as the office manager at Gifford Fong Associates.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Gifford Fong Associates revealed that it had opened a new position in Ge Vernova Inc and bought 9,575 shares worth $1.64 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in NVIDIA Corp by buying 329,139 additional shares. This makes their stake in NVIDIA Corp total 365,710 shares worth $45.2 million. NVIDIA Corp dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Gifford Fong Associates is getting rid of from its portfolio. Gifford Fong Associates closed its position in Pioneer Nat Res Co on 12th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 14,000 shares for $3.68 million.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Gifford Fong Associates are Epstein & White and Argyll Research. They manage $378 million and $377 million respectively.


Christine Proctor investment strategy

Gifford Fong Associates’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 27.1% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 57.1% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 53% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.6% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $173 billion.

The complete list of Gifford Fong Associates trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 12th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
NVIDIA Corp
900.00%
365,710
$45,180,000 11.97%
Amazon.com Inc.
No change
96,793
$18,705,000 4.96%
Apple Inc
No change
81,169
$17,096,000 4.53%
Microsoft Corporation
No change
34,302
$15,331,000 4.06%
Facebook Inc
No change
22,500
$11,345,000 3.01%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
No change
26,500
$10,780,000 2.86%
Alphabet Inc
No change
77,195
$14,119,000 3.74%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
No change
48,318
$7,838,000 2.08%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
110.12%
62,066
$7,145,000 1.89%
Jpmorgan Chase Co
No change
35,296
$7,139,000 1.89%
Synchrony Finl
No change
132,073
$6,233,000 1.65%
General Electric Co
No change
38,301
$6,089,000 1.61%
Oracle Corp.
No change
37,250
$5,260,000 1.39%
Wells Fargo Co New
No change
88,052
$5,229,000 1.39%
Mastercard Incorporated
No change
11,829
$5,218,000 1.38%
Abbvie Inc
No change
27,900
$4,785,000 1.27%
Salesforce Com Inc
No change
18,009
$4,630,000 1.23%
Shopify Inc
No change
70,000
$4,624,000 1.23%
Visa Inc
No change
17,375
$4,560,000 1.21%
Walmart Inc
No change
65,550
$4,438,000 1.18%
Ford Mtr Co Del
No change
345,157
$4,328,000 1.15%
Costco Whsl Corp New
No change
5,016
$4,264,000 1.13%
AMGEN Inc.
No change
13,609
$4,252,000 1.13%
Johnson Johnson
No change
28,900
$4,224,000 1.12%
Citigroup Inc
No change
61,471
$3,901,000 1.03%
Invesco Ltd
No change
255,393
$3,821,000 1.01%
Verizon Communications Inc
No change
92,263
$3,805,000 1.01%
Pioneer Nat Res Co
Closed
14,000
$3,675,000
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
No change
8,000
$3,619,000 0.96%
Disney Walt Co
No change
36,407
$3,615,000 0.96%
Chevron Corp.
No change
22,200
$3,473,000 0.92%
Comcast Corp New
No change
88,000
$3,446,000 0.91%
Lowes Cos Inc
No change
15,320
$3,377,000 0.89%
Franklin Res Inc
114.54%
140,480
$3,140,000 0.83%
Pfizer Inc.
No change
111,527
$3,121,000 0.83%
United Health Group Inc
No change
5,918
$3,014,000 0.80%
Honeywell International Inc
No change
14,100
$3,011,000 0.80%
Morgan Stanley
No change
30,000
$2,916,000 0.77%
Tjx Cos Inc New
No change
26,000
$2,863,000 0.76%
Marathon Oil Corporation
No change
99,143
$2,842,000 0.75%
First Horizon Natl Corp
No change
180,082
$2,840,000 0.75%
Merck Co Inc
No change
22,900
$2,835,000 0.75%
Att Inc
No change
143,689
$2,746,000 0.73%
Micron Technology Inc.
No change
19,800
$2,604,000 0.69%
Caterpillar Inc.
No change
7,800
$2,598,000 0.69%
Pitney Bowes, Inc.
No change
511,059
$2,596,000 0.69%
American Express Co.
No change
11,000
$2,547,000 0.67%
Automatic Data Processing In
No change
10,000
$2,387,000 0.63%
Coca-Cola Co
No change
37,000
$2,355,000 0.62%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
No change
34,000
$2,333,000 0.62%
Pinnacle West Cap Corp
No change
30,000
$2,291,000 0.61%
Occidental Pete Corp Del
No change
35,179
$2,217,000 0.59%
Deere Co
No change
5,900
$2,204,000 0.58%
Allstate Corp (The)
No change
13,800
$2,203,000 0.58%
Pepsico Inc
No change
13,000
$2,144,000 0.57%
International Business Machs
No change
11,900
$2,058,000 0.55%
Intel Corp.
No change
66,395
$2,056,000 0.54%
Abbott Labs
No change
19,400
$2,016,000 0.53%
Aflac Inc.
No change
20,600
$1,840,000 0.49%
Conocophillips
No change
16,000
$1,830,000 0.48%
Philip Morris International Inc
No change
16,700
$1,692,000 0.45%
Ge Vernova Inc
Opened
9,575
$1,642,000 0.44%
Starbucks Corp.
No change
21,000
$1,635,000 0.43%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
No change
11,800
$1,615,000 0.43%
Boeing Co.
No change
8,735
$1,590,000 0.42%
Prudential Finl Inc
No change
13,500
$1,582,000 0.42%
Spotify Technology S.A.
No change
5,000
$1,569,000 0.42%
Texas Instrs Inc
No change
8,000
$1,556,000 0.41%
Pnc Finl Svcs Group Inc
No change
10,000
$1,555,000 0.41%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
No change
35,899
$1,491,000 0.40%
Ge Healthcare Technologies I
No change
19,012
$1,481,000 0.39%
Public Storage
No change
5,000
$1,438,000 0.38%
United States Stl Corp New
No change
37,700
$1,425,000 0.38%
Travelers Companies Inc.
No change
7,000
$1,423,000 0.38%
American Intl Group Inc
No change
19,100
$1,418,000 0.38%
Tesla Inc
No change
6,782
$1,342,000 0.36%
Transocean Ltd
No change
250,000
$1,338,000 0.35%
Biogen Inc
No change
5,750
$1,333,000 0.35%
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
No change
2,500
$1,265,000 0.34%
Cisco Sys Inc
No change
26,540
$1,261,000 0.33%
Nike, Inc.
No change
15,000
$1,131,000 0.30%
Bank New York Mellon Corp
No change
18,872
$1,130,000 0.30%
Simon Ppty Group Inc New
No change
7,000
$1,063,000 0.28%
MetLife, Inc.
No change
15,000
$1,053,000 0.28%
Progressive Corp Ohio
No change
5,000
$1,039,000 0.28%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
No change
10,400
$1,009,000 0.27%
Raytheon Technologies Corp
No change
10,000
$1,004,000 0.27%
3M Co.
No change
9,750
$996,000 0.26%
Qualcomm, Inc.
No change
5,000
$996,000 0.26%
Baxter International Inc.
No change
29,000
$970,000 0.26%
Dell Technologies Inc
No change
6,946
$958,000 0.25%
Analog Devices Inc.
No change
4,000
$913,000 0.24%
Sherwin-Williams Co.
No change
3,000
$895,000 0.24%
Zoom Video Communications In
No change
15,000
$888,000 0.24%
Eog Res Inc
No change
6,000
$755,000 0.20%
APA Corporation
No change
25,000
$736,000 0.20%
Hershey Company
No change
4,000
$735,000 0.19%
Deutsche Bank AG
No change
45,000
$717,000 0.19%
Bausch Health Cos Inc
No change
100,000
$697,000 0.18%
Manulife Finl Corp
No change
25,000
$666,000 0.18%
ITT Inc
No change
5,000
$646,000 0.17%
Carrier Global Corporation
No change
10,000
$631,000 0.17%
Hormel Foods Corp.
No change
20,000
$610,000 0.16%
Bank Amer Corp
No change
15,147
$602,000 0.16%
CIENA Corp.
No change
12,255
$590,000 0.16%
Corteva Inc
No change
9,828
$530,000 0.14%
W.R. Berkley Corp.
No change
6,750
$530,000 0.14%
Dow Inc
No change
9,828
$521,000 0.14%
Loews Corp.
No change
6,700
$501,000 0.13%
Us Bancorp Del
No change
12,000
$476,000 0.13%
Nucor Corp.
No change
3,000
$474,000 0.13%
KeyCorp
No change
30,000
$426,000 0.11%
DuPont de Nemours Inc
No change
4,665
$375,000 0.10%
Globe Life Inc
No change
4,500
$370,000 0.10%
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
No change
30,000
$363,000 0.10%
International Flavorsfragra
No change
3,707
$353,000 0.09%
Wabtec Corp
No change
1,806
$285,000 0.08%
Lumen Technologies, Inc.
No change
250,000
$275,000 0.07%
Halliburton Co.
No change
8,000
$270,000 0.07%
Stanley Black Decker Inc
No change
3,000
$240,000 0.06%
NOV Inc
No change
12,000
$228,000 0.06%
Viatris Inc.
No change
15,476
$165,000 0.04%
Solventum Corp
Opened
2,438
$129,000 0.03%
BlackBerry Ltd
No change
50,000
$124,000 0.03%
Warner Bros.Discovery Inc
No change
13,760
$102,000 0.03%
CVS Health Corp
No change
1,675
$99,000 0.03%
Emerson Elec Co
No change
178
$20,000 0.01%
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