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Baupost Group 13F Holdings for Q3 2012 Released

Posted on November 13th, 2012

Seth Klarman’s hedge fund, Baupost Group, has filed their 09/30/2012 13F.

Summary for 09/30/2012 13F Filing

Market Value: $3,315,960,909
Prior Market Value: $3,836,199,639
New Purchases: 1 stock
Additional Purchases: 4 stocks
Sold out of: 1 stock
Reduced holdings in: 7 stocks
Concentration % of Top 10 Holdings: 74.36%

13F Holdings Summary

Top 13F Holdings on 09/30/2012
Stock % of Portfolio
BP plc 14.39%
Oracle Corp. 12.81%
ViaSat Inc. 12.12%
Theravance Inc. 10.59%
News Corp. 9.64%
Hewlett-Packard Company 7.4%
News Corp. 7.22%
Allied Nevada Gold Corp. 5.95%
NovaGold Resources Inc. 3.55%
Genworth Financial Inc. 2.37%
Major new positions on 09/30/2012
Stock % of Portfolio
Rovi Corporation 1.81%
Major positions closed on 09/30/2012
Stock Prior % of Portfolio
Hess Corporation 1.13%

Bridgewater Associates Releases Q3 2012 13F

Posted on November 13th, 2012

Ray Dalio’s hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, has filed their September 30th, 2012 13F.

Summary for 09/30/2012 13F Filing

Market Value: $7,435,138,098
Prior Market Value: $6,725,851,182
New Purchases: 95 stocks
Additional Purchases: 70 stocks
Sold out of: 52 stocks
Reduced holdings in: 70 stocks
Concentration % of Top 10 Holdings: 94.56%

13F Holdings Summary

Top 13F Holdings on 09/30/2012
Stock % of Portfolio
SPDR S&P 500 35.37%
Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock ETF 27.65%
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index 18.51%
iShares MSCI Brazil Index 0.84%
Microsoft Corporation 0.6%
oShares iBoxx Invest Grade Corp Bond 0.58%
Safeway Inc. 0.57%
Hewlett-Packard Company 0.53%
Dell Inc. 0.5%
Apollo Group Inc. 0.38%
Major new positions on 09/30/2012
Stock % of Portfolio
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 0.28%
BCE, Inc. 0.26%
Microchip Technology Inc. 0.19%
Nucor Corporation 0.17%
Rogers Communications Inc. 0.16%
Major positions closed on 09/30/2012
Stock Prior % of Portfolio
Best Buy Co. Inc. 0.39%
Symantec Corporation 0.37%
Applied Materials Inc. 0.31%
Eaton Corporation 0.23%
Intel Corporation 0.23%

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Leon Cooperman’s 13F for Q3 2012 is Here

Posted on November 13th, 2012

Omega Advisors founder, Leon Cooperman, has filed a 13F for September 30th, 2012.

Summary for 09/30/2012 13F Filing

Market Value: $4,983,260,109
Prior Market Value: $4,431,797,312
New Purchases: 8 stocks
Additional Purchases: 32 stocks
Sold out of: 9 stocks
Reduced holdings in: 27 stocks
Concentration % of Top 10 Holdings: 43.04%

13F Holdings Summary

Top 13F Holdings on 09/30/2012
Stock % of Portfolio
American International Group, Inc. 5.3%
SLM Corporation 4.92%
Sprint Nextel Corp. 4.74%
Linn Energy, LLC 3.89%
Apple Inc. 3.57%
Atlas Pipeline Partners LP 3.42%
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. 3.32%
KINDER MORGAN, INC. COMMON STOCK 3.32%
QUALCOMM Incorporated 3.0%
KKR FINANCIAL CORP. 2.8%
Major new positions on 09/30/2012
Stock % of Portfolio
Walgreen Co. 1.38%
Polycom, Inc. 0.77%
Ctrip.com International Ltd. 0.59%
TiVo Inc. 0.5%
Atmel Corporation 0.35%
Major positions closed on 09/30/2012
Stock Prior % of Portfolio
Citrix Systems, Inc. 2.12%
United Continental Holdings 1.02%
Lam Research Corporation 0.99%
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 0.88%
The Blackstone Group 0.35%

Baupost Group LLC, the hedge fund run by Seth Klarman, disclosed ownership of 16,527,400 shares of IDIX as of October 31st through a new regulatory filing. This gives Baupost a 12.34% stake in the company and is an increase of 6,527,400 shares over what they reported on their June 30th 2012 13F.

From Yahoo! Finance, Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of human viral diseases in the United States and Europe.

Ownership History in IDIX
Reported via Date Name Ticker Shares % of Portfolio
13F 2011-06-30 Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. IDIX 1,255,700 0.26
13F 2011-09-30 Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. IDIX 2,500,000 0.41
13F 2011-12-31 Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. IDIX 5,665,000 1.27
SC 13G 2012-02-10 Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. IDIX 5,665,000 N/A
13F 2012-03-31 Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. IDIX 8,249,000 2.73
13F 2012-06-30 Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. IDIX 10,000,000 2.68
SC 13G/A 2012-10-31 Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. IDIX 16,527,400 N/A

Activist investor Carl Icahn’s hedge fund has filed a new 13D/A disclosing ownership of 9,693,874 shares of TTWO on November 7th.  This gives Icahn a 10.68% stake in the company and is an increase of 1,007,800 shares over what they reported on their last filing on November 5th.

From Yahoo! Finance, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. develops, markets, and publishes interactive entertainment for consumers in the United States and internationally.

Ownership History in TTWO
Reported via Date Name Ticker Shares % of Portfolio
13F 2009-12-31 Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO 1,674,999 0.38
13F 2010-06-30 Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO 2,357,844 0.45
13F 2010-09-30 Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO 2,461,124 0.45
13F 2010-12-31 Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO 2,461,124 0.51
13F 2011-03-31 Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO 2,461,124 0.56
SC 13D/A 2011-05-27 Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO 7,305,626 N/A
13F 2011-06-30 Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO 7,305,626 1.00
13F 2011-09-30 Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO 7,305,626 0.83
13F 2011-12-31 Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO 7,305,626 0.85
13F 2012-03-31 Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO 7,305,626 1.15
13F 2012-06-30 Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO 7,884,334 0.71
SC 13D/A 2012-11-05 Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO 8,686,074 N/A
SC 13D/A 2012-11-07 Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO 9,693,874 N/A