What Hedgefund Managers Buy And Sell: Facebook In - Apple Out

Recently, the quarterly SEC disclosures hit that give us a peek into the activities of the world’s best billionaire hedge fund managers. 

Now, 13-F filings provide a ton of information, but you have to know exactly what to look for to make these filings useful. 

Waren Buffett also published his latest buys and sells. Buffett is long on Apple. Check out his latest dividend stock buys here.

With that being said here is what caught my eye from the holdings of the world’s best billionaire hedge fund managers:

A Solid Portfolio Of Stocks With A Strong Balance Sheet

A Solid Portfolio Of Stocks With A Strong Balance Sheet (click to enlarge)
Source: Goldman Sachs, MarketWatch

Glenn Greenberg - Brave Warrior Capital Q4/2011 Fund Portfolio

Glenn Greenberg - Brave Warrior Capital Q4/2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Glenn Greenberg’s - Brave Warrior Capital  portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (December 31, 2011). In total, he has 15 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 1,231,781,000.

The Best Performing NASDAQ 100 Stocks Since Tech Bubble Burst In 2001

Nasdaq 100 Stock Performance Since February 2001 By Bespoke. The Nasdaq 100 traded this morning to levels it has not seen since February 6th, 2001. While the index itself is flat since then, just 36 stocks in the index today were also in the index back then. Below we highlight the performance since 2/6/01 of these 36 stocks:

Robert Hagstrom - Legg Mason Growth Trust Q4-2011 Fund Portfolio

Robert Hagstrom - Legg Mason Growth Trust Q4-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Robert Hagstrom’s - Legg Mason Growth Trust - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (December 31, 2011). In total, he has 46 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 167,104,000.

Strategy:

The Fund manager analyzes the fundamental quantitative and qualitative aspects of a company — long-term growth characteristics, sustainable competitive advantages, strong management - compared to its stock price. The investment strategy is based on the principle that the return from owning a stock is ultimately determined by the fundamentals of the underlying business and focus should therefore be on the company's long-term economic progress, disregarding short-term nuances.

Robert Hagstrom’s fund positions as of Q4/2011 with actual share movements:

Sym - Stock	Portfolio Weight	Recent activity	Reported Price*
DEO - Diageo plc	3.92	0	$87.43
FFIV - F5 Networks	3.49	Reduce 21.43%	$106.13
CELG - Celgene Corp.	3.44	Reduce 32.00%	$67.60
LOW - Lowe's Cos.	3.39	Reduce 25.67%	$25.38
ABT - Abbott Labs	3.3	Reduce 14.78%	$56.23
CNX - CONSOL Energy Inc.	3.29	0	$36.70
AAPL - Apple Inc.	3.27	Reduce 28.95%	$405.04
NBR - Nabors Industries Ltd.	3.27	0	$17.34
JNJ - Johnson & Johnson	3.24	Reduce 2.94%	$65.58
ADBE - Adobe Systems	3.21	Reduce 36.67%	$28.27
MDT - Medtronic Inc.	3.2	0	$38.25
BLK - BlackRock Inc.	3.2	Reduce 34.07%	$178.23
EBAY - eBay Inc.	2.99	Reduce 17.50%	$30.33
EMC - EMC Corp.	2.84	Reduce 26.67%	$21.54
QCOM - QUALCOMM Inc.	2.62	Reduce 36.00%	$54.70
MON - Monsanto Co.	2.6	Reduce 4.62%	$70.06
NKE - NIKE Inc.	2.48	Reduce 4.44%	$96.37
PM - Philip Morris Intl.	2.47	Add 5.00%	$78.48
RHHVF - Roche Holdings AG	2.42	Add 5.56%	$42.55
RAX - Rackspace Hosting Inc.	2.32	Add 5.88%	$43.01
AMZN - Amazon Corp.	2.28	0	$173.09
PG - Procter & Gamble	2.2	Reduce 26.67%	$66.71
PWR - Quanta Services	2.19	Reduce 22.73%	$21.54
PEP - PepsiCo Inc.	2.18	Reduce 31.25%	$66.35
LUV - Southwest Airlines	2.18	0	$8.56
MSFT - Microsoft Corp.	2.17	Reduce 45.10%	$25.96
CSCO - Cisco Systems	2.16	Reduce 39.39%	$18.08
MYGN - Myriad Genetics Inc.	2.13	0	$20.94
SLB - Schlumberger Ltd.	2.04	0	$68.32
CTSH - Cognizant Technology Solutions	2.02	Add 110.00%	$64.30
ADSK - Autodesk Inc.	1.95	0	$30.33
MMM - 3M Co.	1.71	0	$81.74
SCHW - Charles Schwab	1.68	Reduce 28.57%	$11.26
RHT - Red Hat Inc.	1.45	0	$41.30
GRPN - Groupon Inc.	1.23	Buy	$20.63
LCCTF - LOccitane Int.	1.21	Add 26.25%	$2.01
MRVL - Marvell Technology Group Ltd.	1.16	0	$13.85
ALV - Autoliv Inc.	1.12	Buy	$53.49
JIVE - Jive Software Inc.	1.1	Buy	$16.00
ATHN - athenahealth Inc.	1.03	Buy	$49.11
APKT - Acme Packet Inc	0.93	Buy	$30.92
SINA - Sina Corp.	0.93	Add 53.85%	$52.00
PRDSF - PRADA SPA	0.6	Buy	$4.53
CTRP - Ctrip.com International Ltd.	0.49	Buy	$23.40
YNGDF - YINGDE GASES GROUP	0.46	Buy	$1.02
YOKO - Youku.com Inc.	0.42	0	$15.67

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