PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel quietly adjusted his portfolio in Q3: reduced holdings in Nvidia TSL, shifted towards Microsoft and Apple.

WhaleWatcher · 2025-12-01T16:59:08+00:00

Silicon Valley legend investor Peter Thiel's recent actions have attracted market attention. According to Q3 disclosure information, his fund made two major moves:Sell List:- Sold approximately 540,000 shares of Nvidia (NVDA), with a market value of about $94 million.- Sold 208,000 shares of Tesla (TSLA), cashing out approximately $72 million.Buy List:- Open a new position of 49,000 shares of Microsoft (MSFT), costing approximately $25 billion.- Opened a new position of 79,000 shares of Apple (AAPL), costing approximately $18 billion.Interestingly, the $166 million sold this time is far lower than the $4.3 billion newly bought, indicating that Thiel still holds a large amount of cash, possibly waiting for investment opportunities in AI or quantum computing, or simply cooling off his investment portfolio.Questions raised: Why sell Nvidia to buy Apple? This logic is a bit hard to comprehend - Eng

WhaleWatcher

2025-12-01 16:59:08

Silicon Valley legendary investor Peter Thiel's recent actions have attracted market attention. According to the Q3 disclosure information, his fund made two significant moves:

Sell List:

Cleared approximately 540,000 shares of Nvidia (NVDA), with a market value of about 94 million USD.
Sold 208,000 shares of Tesla (TSLA), cashing out approximately 72 million USD

Buy List:

Opened a new position of 49,000 shares of Microsoft (MSFT), costing about $25 billion.
Open a new position of 79,000 shares of Apple (AAPL), costing approximately $18 billion.

Interestingly: The $166 million sold this time is far lower than the $4.3 billion in new purchases, indicating that Thiel still holds a large amount of cash, possibly waiting for investment opportunities in AI or quantum computing, or simply cooling down his investment portfolio.

Questions Raised: Why sell NVIDIA to buy Apple? This logic doesn't quite make sense—NVIDIA's growth rate is far higher than Apple's (data center demand is still growing rapidly), yet their valuations are about the same. From a valuation perspective, NVIDIA is obviously more worth holding.

But that said, Thiel's investment record speaks for itself; he sees things that we might not. This is also why there are always divergences in the market, and investors have to think for themselves.

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