Its shares in video game retailer GameStop alone jumped in value from $867,000 to $8.7 million in just a few months, for a 907% gain. The church-owned fund made headlines in early 2021 after it scored big gains from so-called meme stocks such as GameStop, Blackberry, and Bed, Bath & Beyond.

ItвЂ™s unclear how directly involved church leaders are in Ensign PeakвЂ™s moves, although officials over the fund have said they avoid debt in keeping with the faithвЂ™s tenets and strive to steer clear of investments Latter-day Saints consider objectionable, such as tobacco or gambling stocks. While those five Big Tech holdings have almost doubled in dollar value since 2019, reports reveal, Ensign Peak has steadily adjusted shares to keep them at 17% to 19% of the portfolioвЂ™s total worth. Other top holdings are Visa ($580 million) UnitedHealth Group ($542 million) Intel ($527 million) and Thermo Fisher Scientific ($469 million). The five tech giants also represent EnsignвЂ™s only billion-dollar-plus holdings, with banking blue chip JPMorgan Chase now the next highest, at $710 million, followed by computer maker NVIDIA Corp, at $629 million. Large technology firms Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft make up $9 billion of Ensign PeakвЂ™s total portfolio, up from $5.2 billion at the start of 2020, with Microsoft its current top holding, at $2.3 billion. Ensign Peak now owns shares in 1,851 companies and funds, its latest SEC reports reveal, a number that has mushroomed from 1,622 holdings in early 2020 as the fund has added billions in value.

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