While the S&P 500 trading volume is close to its all-time high, a bunch of favored stocks in hedge funds have soared or even higher, according to Goldman Sachs. The S&P 500 reached an all-time intraday record on Wednesday as well as a new closing record, the broad market index ended for the second time in a row. But Goldman Sachs cut market performance and diced it, tracking 695 hedge funds holdings with a total of $3.1 trillion in stock positions in early 2025 and found the 10 largest largest in each fund The top 50 stocks that appear most frequently in stocks. The result is Goldman Sachs calls its most popular long-position hedge fund VIP basket. This VIP basket has returned 10% so far, with the S&P 500 S&P 500 year-to-date earnings of more than 3%. Goldman noted that the VIP basket surpassed the S&P 500 in all quarters, dating back to 2001. The updated basket has 13 new stocks, including vaccine maker Pfizer and social media platform Reddit. Here are some of the stocks that appear on the latest Goldman Sachs list. Alibaba has the most common names among the top 10 hedge funds that have appeared in 17 portfolios. In 2025, Chinese e-commerce stocks soared 69% to more than 90% in the past 12 months. The Chinese e-commerce company’s U.S.-listed stock rose about 6% on Friday, and its latest quarterly results exceeded Wall Street expectations after a 8% gain in the previous session, hitting new results at the previous session 52-week high. In addition, GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen raised his stake in Alibaba to about $1 billion, The Wall Street Journal said Thursday. Baba YTD Mountain Baba, the latest new addition Pfizer, ranks in the top 10 of 11 hedge funds. Stocks of the New York-based drugmaker fell 2% in 2025 and accounted for more than 6% in the past year. Earlier this month, Pfizer’s fourth-quarter results exceeded Wall Street expectations. According to LSEG data, less than half of the analysts covering Pfizer’s estimates are equivalent to buying, or 10 out of 24 analysts. The average analyst has a 12-month target of $31, meaning there is almost 19% upside from Thursday’s closing price in recent days. Another new member of the basket, Delta Airlines, is also among the top 10 hedge funds in November. In the past year, Atlanta-based airlines have soared more than 54%, far exceeding the S&P 500 points. Delta was about 4% after a crash Monday at Toronto Airport. All 80 people on board survived.
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