A Glimpse into the Goldman Sachs Portfolio (GS, AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, QCOM, ORCL, SPY, EEM, EFA, IWM, GE, GENZ, PEP)

After a tumultuous couple of years, Goldman Sachs Group (GS) got back on track in 2010, settling litigation related to the 2008 mortgage meltdown and cementing its position as the premier investment bank on Wall Street. Thanks to its pedigree, the firm’s investments remain closely watched.

Given the scale of Goldman’s trading operations, and the firm’s diversification across multiple asset classes, such as bonds, currencies, and derivatives, it’s impossible to gain a full understanding of its strategy from quarterly regulatory filings. Still, a look at Looking at Goldman Sachs’ top U.S.-listed holdings at the end of Q3, provide a glimpse of where the most profitable bank in Wall Street history was placing its bets heading into 2011.

This glimpse offers an ample allocation to blue chip tech stocks like Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Qualcomm (QCOM) and Oracle (ORCL).

The top holding, however, is an ETF, SPDR Trust Series 1 (SPY), where the firm was increasing its stake during the quarter. Goldman was also making moves in other ETFs, adding to its iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (EEM) stake and trimming its iShares TR INDEX MSCI EAFE IDX (EFA) and iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (IWM) stakes.

During the quarter, Goldman also increased stakes in well-known names like General Electric (GE), Genzyme (GENZ), and PepsiCo (PEP).

Looking at tickerspy.com’s graph charting the performance of Goldman Sachs’ end-of-2010 holdings so far in 2011, one can see that they are trailing the broader market. If you want to see how your performance stacks up to Goldman Sachs’ or see some of the other stocks it’s invested in, visit tickerspy.com to see Goldman Sachs’ top holdings and a chart of their combined performance.

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Tags: AAPL, EEM, EFA, GE, GENZ, GOOG, GS, IWM, MSFT, ORCL, PEP, QCOM, SPY