Of note: He sold his Goldman Sachs puts. The Renesola position was small, for him.
From Market Folly:
Next up is hedge fund Soros Fund Management. While many will automatically attribute this fund to George Soros, much of the credit also goes to his son Robert Soros who runs the flagship Quantum Endowment Fund. But for those of you wanting an inside look at George Soros' portfolio, look no further. We follow Soros' portfolio movements due to his macro sense and solid track record. We like to see what sectors he is flocking to and these filings are the perfect example of possible themes his firm might be seeing. Soros Fund Management is a true global macro player as they dabble in pretty much any asset class they desire, so just keep that in mind as the below only details their equity and options holdings.
In the past Soros has said one of his main concerns is the deleveraging of the US consumer over a longer period of time which will hurt consumer spending and thus growth going forward. More of Soros' thoughts on the financial markets are detailed in his latest book, The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means.
For 2009, Soros' Quantum Endowment Fund was up 28% as noted in our hedge fund performance numbers list. In the past we've also detailed some of their recent portfolio maneuvers. The positions listed below were their long equity, note, and options holdings as of December 31st, 2009 as filed with the SEC. All holdings are common stock unless otherwise denoted.
Brand New Positions
Citigroup (C)
DirecTV (DTV)
Select Sector Financials (XLF)
Calls Bunge (BG)
Kinross Gold (KGC)
Autonation (AN)
The rest of their new holdings were less than 0.5% of reported assets each:
Dollar General (DG), Heinz (HNZ), Orbital Sciences Bonds, Shanda Games (GAME), Hasbro (HAS), CTrip (CTRP), RailAmerica (RA), Sandridge Energy (SD), Energy XXI (EXXI), CVR Energy (CVI), Sina (SINA), Transatlantic (TAT), American Axle (AXL), & China Real Estate Information (CRIC)
Increased Positions
Select Sector Financials (XLF): Increased by 63,730% (no, not a typo)
Pfizer (PFE): Increased by 365%
Monsanto (MON): Increased by 244.4%
Suncor (SU): Increased by 171%
SPDR Gold Trust (GLD): Increased by 152%
Emdeon (EM): Increased by 54.6%
Plains Exploration (PXP): Increased by 14%
Hess (HES): Increased by 11.2%
...Top 15 Holdings by percentage of assets reported on 13F filing
- SPDR Gold Trust (GLD): 7.5%
- Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR): 4.2%
- Hess (HES): 3.9%
- Monsanto (MON): 3.6%
- Citigroup (C): 3.5%
- LSI Bonds: 2.88%
- Suncor (SU): 2.86%
- Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR-A): 2.82%
- Interoil (IOC): 2.42%
- Linear Technology Bonds: 2.4%
- Pfizer (PFE): 2.4%
- Plains Exploration (PXP): 2.18%
- RF Micro Bonds: 2.1%
- Select Sector Financials (XLF): 1.95%
- Mcdata Notes: 1.94%
Much has been made in the media recently about the fact that George Soros has been out calling gold a bubble but has more than doubled his exposure to the gold exchange traded fund GLD. First, keep in mind that these portfolio disclosures were as of December 31st, 2009....MORE
