Ken Fisher First Quarter Portfolio: Buys Foreign, Industrials and Technology Companies

We have just updated Ken Fisher’s portfolio. Fisher is very bullish with stocks. He has bought a lot more stocks during the first quarter. As of 03/31/2012, Fisher Asset Management, LLC owns 464 stocks with a total value of $37.5 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells. As usual, Fisher is bullish about international stocks. Many of the stocks he bought are foreign companies. He is also bullish with tech companies. Industrials and technologies are the two most weighted sectors he invests now.


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• New Purchases: MS, BCS, HDB, TTM, GGB, SNX, ETH, DMND, COLM, BID, ATU,
• Added Positions: RDS.A, RIO, EOG, APC, FCX, JPM, VALE, CVE, GE, SNY, PNC, CEO, XOM, MDT, MSFT, BBD, WFC, DE, STD, MOS, LQD, SKS, FXI, RDC, MDR, VALE.P, WDR, BBT, TQNT, SWC, DHR, DD, EC, DRQ, FTI, MENT, JOY, TROW, WSM, ATI, SBUX, SLT, SNP, TGI, SQM, PBR, IO, NWSA, ITUB, ESS, JDSU, USB, CELG, BDC, JCI, TXN, ASX, AMP, IXC, AGCO, CIG, HOG, EMN, ETN, ROK, EXI, SIAL, ADSK, HNZ, PVH, LSI, CYN, CSX, ZMH,
• Reduced Positions: SPY, EFA, SI, ABT, BNS, EMR, UNP, HAL, NSC, KSU, MLI, UGP, SCCO, PRGO, MRK, EWY, HMN, ORB, PLCE, ACWI, AMAT, EXC,
• Sold Out: NVS, WERN, TV, ELY, DFG, CMC, PCX, CAJ, LLY, IWM, IDX, CI, EWW, EIX, EZA, RSX, IWF, INDY,

For the details of Ken Fisher's stock buys and sells, go to http://www.gurufocus.com/StockBuy.php?GuruName=Ken+Fisher


This is the sector weightings of his portfolio:





These are the top 5 holdings of Ken Fisher

1. Ishares Gs Cpbd (LQD) - 6,745,946 shares, 2.1% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 6.56%
2. Johnson & Johns (JNJ) - 10,761,731 shares, 1.9% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 5.59%
3. Anadarko Petrol (APC) - 8,543,686 shares, 1.8% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 76.14%
4. Ishars-Ft Ch25 (FXI) - 16,909,023 shares, 1.7% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 6.92%
5. Rio Tinto-Adr (RIO) - 11,546,937 shares, 1.7% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 95.2%

New Purchase: Morgan Stanley (MS, Financial)

Ken Fisher initiated holdings in Morgan Stanley. His purchase prices were between $15.9 and $21.17, with an estimated average price of $17.57. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.65%. His holdings were 12,434,409 shares as of 03/31/2012.

New Purchase: Barclay Plc-adr (BCS)

Ken Fisher initiated holdings in Barclay Plc-adr. His purchase prices were between $11.18 and $16.24, with an estimated average price of $13.43. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.63%. His holdings were 15,579,841 shares as of 03/31/2012.

New Purchase: Hdfc Bank Ltd (HDB)

Ken Fisher initiated holdings in Hdfc Bank Ltd. His purchase prices were between $26.66 and $35.74, with an estimated average price of $30.47. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.15%. His holdings were 1,594,190 shares as of 03/31/2012.

New Purchase: Tata Motors-adr (TTM)

Ken Fisher initiated holdings in Tata Motors-adr. His purchase prices were between $18.11 and $28.87, with an estimated average price of $23.62. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.06%. His holdings were 791,522 shares as of 03/31/2012.

New Purchase: Gerdau Sa Adr (GGB)

Ken Fisher initiated holdings in Gerdau Sa Adr. His purchase prices were between $8.27 and $10.74, with an estimated average price of $9.34. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.04%. His holdings were 1,607,898 shares as of 03/31/2012.

New Purchase: Columbia Sports (COLM)

Ken Fisher initiated holdings in Columbia Sports. His purchase prices were between $44.24 and $50.64, with an estimated average price of $44.33. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. His holdings were 42,200 shares as of 03/31/2012.

New Purchase: Diamond Foods (DMND)

Ken Fisher initiated holdings in Diamond Foods. His purchase prices were between $22.11 and $38.04, with an estimated average price of $26.69. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. His holdings were 144,975 shares as of 03/31/2012.

New Purchase: Ethan Allen Int (ETH)

Ken Fisher initiated holdings in Ethan Allen Int. His purchase prices were between $23.12 and $28.01, with an estimated average price of $23.53. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. His holdings were 82,100 shares as of 03/31/2012.

New Purchase: Actuant Corp (ATU)

Ken Fisher initiated holdings in Actuant Corp. His purchase prices were between $22.87 and $29.68, with an estimated average price of $24.92. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. His holdings were 88,925 shares as of 03/31/2012.

New Purchase: Synnex Corp (SNX)

Ken Fisher initiated holdings in Synnex Corp. His purchase prices were between $31.03 and $43.89, with an estimated average price of $36.11. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. His holdings were 424,050 shares as of 03/31/2012.

New Purchase: Sothebys (BID)

Ken Fisher initiated holdings in Sothebys. His purchase prices were between $28.4 and $40.51, with an estimated average price of $33.85. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. His holdings were 101,375 shares as of 03/31/2012.