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George Soros Quantum Fund Investment Portfolio as of Q4/2011

George Soros is the founder of Soros Fund Management. In 1970 he co-founded the Quantum Fund with Jim Rogers and Christoper Ink, which created the bulk of the Soros fortune. Legendary was his currency speculation against the British Bank of England:

On September 16, 1992, Soros's fund sold short more than USD 10 billion worth of pounds sterling, profiting from the Bank of England's reluctance to either raise its interest rates to levels comparable to those of other European Exchange Rate Mechanism countries or to float its currency. Finally, the Bank of England withdrew the currency from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, devaluing the pound sterling. Soros earned an estimated worth of USD 1.1 billion in the process. He was dubbed "the man who broke the Bank of England." UK Treasury estimated the total costs of Black Wednesday at GBP 3.4 billion in 1997.

Here is a top 30 list of his investment positions as of December 31, 2011. Soros Fund Management LLC was valued at USD 4.18 billion. Top New Buys: GOOG, CMVT, KEY, SPY, FCX, STLD, LMCA, DLPH, TRIP, X


During the quarter George Soros had 110 total positions.

Here are his top stocks:
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Symbol / Co
Analysis
Sector/
Mkt
P/E


Industry
Cap

MSI
5.55% of portfolio.
Technology/
15.58B
23.46
Motorola Solution...
1.54% held.
Telecommunications



5.01 million shares. 




Position decreased by 1.59 million shares, -24%.



IOC
5.37% of portfolio.
Basic Materials/
3.27B
n/a
InterOil Corporation
9.16% held.
Energy



4.39 million shares. 




Position unchanged.



AGRO
5.02% of portfolio.
Consumer Goods/
1.12B
0
Adecoagro SA
21.1% held.
Food & Beverage



25.38 million shares. 




Position decreased by 101,340 shares, -0.4%.



GOOG
4.01% of portfolio.
Technology/
148.72B
20.39
Google Inc. A
0.1% held.
Internet



259,900 shares. 




Position increased by 258,770 shares, +22,982%.



WPRT
2.57% of portfolio.
Consumer Goods/
1.84B
n/a
Westport Innovations
6.67% held.
Automotive



3.23 million shares. 




Position increased by 68,000 shares, +2.2%.



CMVT
2.41% of portfolio.
Technology/
1.32B
n/a
Comverse Technolo...
7% held.
Telecommunications



14.72 million shares. 




Position NEW.



EXAR
1.04% of portfolio.
Technology/
298.45M
118.5
Exar Corporation
14.88% held.
Electronics



6.67 million shares. 




Position unchanged.



AAPL
0.92% of portfolio.
Technology/
391.88B
15.11
Apple Inc.
0.01% held.
Computer Hardware



95,000 shares. 




Position increased by 11,580 shares, +13.9%.



WFC
0.79% of portfolio.
Financial/
161.05B
10.78
Wells Fargo & Co
0.02% held.
Banking



1.2 million shares. 




Position increased by 1.1 million shares, +1,047%.



ESRX
0.77% of portfolio.
Health Care/
25.11B
20.92
Express Scripts
0.15% held.
Health Services



722,770 shares. 




Position increased by 516,470 shares, +240.4.



DISH
0.75% of portfolio.
Services/
5.99B
9.21
DISH Network Corp
0.53% held.
Media



1.1 million shares. 




Position decreased by 261,060 shares, -19.1.



MRCY
0.73% of portfolio.
Technology/
458.55M
18.59
Mercury Computer ...
7.5% held.
Computer Hardware



2.29 million shares. 




Position increased by 71,780 shares, +3.2%.



YPF
0.71% of portfolio.
Basic Materials/
15.89B
7.44
YPF Sociedad Anonima
0.22% held.
Energy



860,260 shares. 




Position increased by 315,860 shares, +58%.



MHS
0.7% of portfolio.
Services/
24.00B
18.49
Medco Health Solu...
0.14% held.
Wholesale



526,620 shares. 




Position increased by 476,620 shares, +953%.



EXTR
0.57% of portfolio.
Technology/
279.17M
n/a
Extreme Networks ...
8.8% held.
Computer Hardware



8.21 million shares. 




Position decreased by 40,400 shares, -0.5%.



MDCO
0.56% of portfolio.
Health Care/
1.02B
8.75
Medicines
2.3% held.
Drugs



1.25 million shares. 




Position decreased by 450,000 shares, -26.5%.



DVA
0.54% of portfolio.
Health Care/
7.56B
17.35
DaVita Inc
0.32% held.
Health Services



300,000 shares. 




Position decreased by 188,000 shares, -38.5%.



DTV
0.49% of portfolio.
Services/
30.88B
13.28
DIRECTV
0.07% held.
Media



474,450 shares. 




Position increased by 72,850 shares, +18.2%.



CHTR
0.47% of portfolio.
Services/
6.10B
n/a
Charter Communica...
0.32% held.
Media



345,300 shares. 




Position increased by 48,050 shares, +16.2%.



SLE
0.42% of portfolio.
Consumer Goods/
11.24B
68.77
Sara Lee Corporation
0.16% held.
Food & Beverage



928,000 shares. 




Position increased by 388,400 shares, +72%.



TXN
0.42% of portfolio.
Technology/
37.16B
17.37
Texas Instruments...
0.05% held.
Electronics



600,000 shares. 




Position increased by 500,000 shares, +500%.



ACTG
0.35% of portfolio.
Services/
1.73B
n/a
Acacia Research C...
0.9% held.
Diversified Services



400,870 shares. 




Position decreased by 369,250 shares, -48%.



KEY
0.35% of portfolio.
Financial/
7.75B
8.47
KeyCorp
0.2% held.
Banking



1.89 million shares. 




Position NEW.



LORL
0.34% of portfolio.
Technology/
1.44B
18.79
Loral Space & Com...
1% held.
Telecommunications



221,560 shares. 




Position unchanged.



DAL
0.34% of portfolio.
Services/
7.95B
9.28
Delta Air Lines Inc
0.2% held.
Transportation



1.77 million shares. 




Position increased by 1.74 million shares, +6,173%.



SPY
0.34% of portfolio.
Financial/
101.89B
16.52
SPDR S&P 500 ETF
112,550 shares. 
Financial Services



Position NEW.



BFLY
0.33% of portfolio.
Services/
56.61M
n/a
Bluefly Inc.
22.9% held.
Specialty Retail



6.48 million shares. 




Position unchanged.



BIDU
0.33% of portfolio.
Technology/
42.49B
7.11
Baidu Inc.
0.04% held.
Internet



118,500 shares. 




Position increased by 74,580 shares, +169.8%.



FCX
0.33% of portfolio.
Basic Materials/
41.68B
8.16
Freeport-McMoRan ...
0.04% held.
Metals & Mining



370,300 shares. 




Position NEW.



STLD
0.31% of portfolio.
Basic Materials/
3.38B
11.09
Steel Dynamics Inc
0.5% held.
Metals & Mining



1 million shares. 




Position NEW.






Related stock ticker symbols:
MSI, IOC, AGRO, GOOG,WPRT, CMVT, EXAR, AAPL, WFC, ESRX, DISH, MRCY, YPF, MHS, EXTR, MDCO, DVA, DTV, CHTR, SLE, TXN, ACTG, KEY, LORL, DAL, SPY, BFLY, BIDU, FCX, STLD

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