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title: "Morgan Stanley's $1.67 Trillion Q4 2025 Filing: AAPL Leads Over NVDA in the Wealth Management Giant's Book"
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published_at: 2026-03-11T17:00:28.421Z
updated_at: 2026-03-23T07:01:07.727Z
author: Alex Rivera
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# Morgan Stanley's $1.67 Trillion Q4 2025 Filing: AAPL Leads Over NVDA in the Wealth Management Giant's Book

> Morgan Stanley's Q4 2025 13F reveals $1.67T across 45,420 positions with Apple — not NVIDIA — as the #1 holding at 3.74%. The wealth management giant's client-driven portfolio looks nothing like index funds.

Morgan Stanley filed its Q4 2025 13F with $1.67 trillion across 45,420 positions. Unlike index fund giants where NVDA dominates, Morgan Stanley’s wealth management DNA puts Apple (AAPL) at #1 with 3.74% — ahead of NVIDIA (NVDA) at 3.60%. TL;DR Total 13F AUM: $1.67 trillion (up 1.4% from $1.65T in Q3) Positions: 45,420 — second only to BlackRock globally Top holding: Apple (AAPL) at $62.7B (3.74%) #2 holding: NVIDIA (NVDA) at $60.4B (3.60%) SPY position: $20.0B (1.19%) — ETF wrappers for client allocations Key insight: AAPL leads because wealth management clients own Apple; index funds don’t drive the book YoY AUM growth: +17.3% from $1.43T in Q4 2024 Why Apple Leads at Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley is primarily a wealth management platform. Its 13F aggregates holdings across tens of thousands of individual client accounts and managed portfolios. Apple is the most widely owned stock among retail and HNW investors, which pushes AAPL to #1 in the aggregate filing — even as index funds allocate more to NVDA by market cap. Top Holdings RankTickerValueWeight 1AAPL$62.7B3.74% 2NVDA$60.4B3.60% 3MSFT$58.6B3.50% 4GOOGL$38.1B2.28% 5AMZN$37.3B2.23% 6AVGO$25.3B1.51% 7META$24.8B1.48% 8GOOG$22.5B1.35% 9JPM$21.4B1.28% 10SPY$20.0B1.19% The top-3 weights (AAPL 3.74%, NVDA 3.60%, MSFT 3.50%) are remarkably compressed — just 0.24 percentage points separate them. This reflects diversified client portfolios rather than concentrated index tracking. The SPY Signal SPY at $20.0B (#10) reveals Morgan Stanley’s use of ETF wrappers for client asset allocation. Combined with the IVV position ($16.5B), that’s $36.5B in S&P 500 ETFs — a common wealth management building block. 45,420 Positions: Why So Many? Morgan Stanley’s position count (45,420) approaches BlackRock’s (50,216) despite having less than a third of the AUM. This reflects the aggregation of thousands of individually managed accounts, each with unique holdings, resulting in a long tail of small positions. What Analysts Might Misread “Morgan Stanley prefers AAPL to NVDA.” The firm doesn’t “prefer” anything. The 13F aggregates client portfolios managed by thousands of advisors. AAPL leads because clients hold it, not because of a house view. Why does Morgan Stanley own so many positions? Morgan Stanley’s 45,420 positions reflect its role as a wealth management platform aggregating thousands of client accounts with diverse holdings. Is Morgan Stanley’s portfolio actively managed? It’s a mix. The 13F combines actively managed accounts, discretionary portfolios, and passively allocated client assets, making it a hybrid of active and passive strategies.

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Source: 13F Insight — https://13finsight.com/research/morgan-stanley-q4-2025-1-68t-wealth-machine
Author: Alex Rivera — https://13finsight.com/authors/alex-rivera
Last updated: 2026-03-23T07:01:07.727Z