Value of the Swiss National Bank’s Mining Share Portfolio Falls 30%

Swiss National Bank Gold and Silver Mining Share Portfolio Cut By 30%.

Swiss National Bank Overall Equity Portfolio Grows 30% from $62 Billion to $81 billion.

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Swiss National Bank Gold and Silver Mining Share Holdings as of March 31, 2017

Value of Swiss National Bank Mining Share Portfolio March 31 2017

Swiss National Bank Gold and Silver Mining Share Holdings as of August 4, 2016

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Swiss National Bank Gold and Silver Mining Share Portfolio 2016 – 2017

Swiss National Bank mining share holdings chart March 31 2017

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Swiss National Bank Equity and Mining Share Portfolio 2016 – 2017

The value of the Swiss National Bank’s equity holdings reached over $81 billion by the end of the first quarter of 2017, up from $62 billion at the end of the second quarter of 2016 and up from $63 billion at the end of the fourth quarter of 2016, up 30% and 29%, respectively.

While the SNB’s overall equity position grew, SNB holdings in gold and silver mining shares fell about 29% from the summer of 2016 through the end of the first quarter of 2017. (from $987 million to approximately $700 million)

Gold and silver mining shares made up about 1.5% of the SNB overall equity portfolio last summer. At the end of the first quarter of 2017, that percentage was about 0.8%.

The top names in the SNB equity portfolio – The Billion Dollar Club, include:

Apple $2.8 billion – up 26% in the first quarter
Microsoft $1.8 billion – up 27%
Amazon $1.3 billion – up 28%
Johnson & Johnson $1.29 billion – up 24%
Exxon Mobil $1.27 billion – up 26%
Facebook $1.27 billion – up 28%
Alphabet Class A $1 billion – up 28%
Alphabet Class C $1 billion – up 27%

Click to see the full list of the over 2,500 companies that the SNB owns shares.

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Swiss National Bank Gold Holdings

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The Swiss National Bank has sold much of its gold, but it is loading up on gold and silver mining shares

Further Reading

THE SWISS NATIONAL BANK’S $1 BILLION GOLD AND SILVER MINING SHARE PORTFOLIO

HOW THE SWISS NATIONAL BANK BUILT A $1 BILLION MINING SHARE PORTFOLIO

NORWAY’S CENTRAL BANK FILES FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF ITS US EQUITY HOLDINGS

SWISS NATIONAL BANK TRIMS GOLD AND SILVER MINING PORTFOLIO IN THIRD QUARTER 2016

SWISS NATIONAL BANK SLASHES GOLD AND SILVER MINING SHARE HOLDINGS

Swiss National Bank share holdings source: Swiss National Bank SEC filing, also available here showing the SNB owns a total of over $63 billion in US equities. Share prices were derived from Yahoo Finance.

Note: the share amounts filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Swiss National Bank are subject to the following caveat by the SEC: “The Securities and Exchange Commission has not necessarily reviewed the information in this filing and has not determined if it is accurate and complete. The reader should not assume that the information is accurate and complete.”

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