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Privately owned hedge fund, Joho Capital, LLC,  has filed their June 30th 2012 13f filing.

Summary for 06/30/2012 13F Filing

Market Value: $513,863,836
Prior Market Value: $472,384,382
New Purchases: 3 stocks
Additional Purchases: 4 stocks
Sold out of: 3 stocks
Reduced holdings in: 1 stock

13F Holdings Summary

Top 13F Holdings on 06/30/2012
Stock % of Portfolio
Google Inc. 28.3%
New Oriental Education & Technology Group 19.79%
Estee Lauder Companies Inc. 16.84%
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company 6.92%
Sina Corp. 6.86%
Veeco Instruments Inc. 6.29%
21VIANET GROUP INC SPONSORED ADR 4.77%
TAL Education Group American De 4.03%
Yum! Brands, Inc. 3.46%
FACEBOOK INC CL A COM STK (DE) 2.21%
Major new positions on 06/30/2012
Stock % of Portfolio
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company 6.92%
Yum! Brands, Inc. 3.46%
FACEBOOK INC CL A COM STK (DE) 2.21%
Major positions closed on 06/30/2012
Stock Prior % of Portfolio
Yahoo! Inc. 7.63%
Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc. 2.67%
Changyou.com Limited 1.45%

Jana Partners Q2 2012 13F Released

Posted on August 14th, 2012

Jana Partners LLC, an employee owned hedge fund founded by Barry S. Rosenstein, has filed their June 30th 2012 13f filing. View complete holdings here.

Summary for 06/30/2012 13F Filing

Market Value: $2,447,133,569
Prior Market Value: $2,430,043,846
New Purchases: 13 stocks
Additional Purchases: 9 stocks
Sold out of: 10 stocks
Reduced holdings in: 10 stocks
Concentration % of Top 10 Holdings: 62.59%

13F Holdings Summary

Top 13F Holdings on 06/30/2012
Stock % of Portfolio
Agrium Inc. 23.51%
Liberty Media Corp New Liberty Cap Series A 5.85%
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 4.97%
Energizer Holdings Inc. 4.93%
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. 4.58%
Apple Inc. 3.87%
Visteon Corp (Post-Bankruptcy) 3.74%
Coventry Health Care Inc. 3.65%
Expedia Inc. 3.57%
PHILLIPS 66 3.48%
Major new positions on 06/30/2012
Stock % of Portfolio
Agrium Inc. 23.51%
PHILLIPS 66 3.48%
AOL, Inc. 3.26%
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST, INC. 2.78%
Google Inc. 2.61%
Major positions closed on 06/30/2012
Stock Prior % of Portfolio
MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION COMMON STOCK 11.52%
El Paso Corp. 6.61%
DIRECTV 6.5%
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 4.11%
Hess Corporation 4.1%

13F for Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group is in

Posted on August 13th, 2012

Seth Klarman’s hedge fund, Baupost Group, has filed their 06/30/2012 13f filing.  See complete holdings here.

Summary for 06/30/2012 13F Filing

Market Value: $3,836,199,639
Prior Market Value: $2,956,985,852
New Purchases: 4 stocks
Additional Purchases: 6 stocks
Sold out of: 2 stocks
Reduced holdings in: 0 stocks
Concentration % of Top 10 Holdings: 112.13%

13F Holdings Summary

Top 13F Holdings on 06/30/2012
Stock % of Portfolio
BP plc 14.22%
Hewlett-Packard Company 14.08%
Oracle Corp. 12.23%
ViaSat Inc. 10.47%
News Corp. 8.74%
Theravance Inc. 8.43%
News Corp. 6.26%
Microsoft Corporation 5.58%
Allied Nevada Gold Corp. 3.74%
Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2.68%
Major new positions on 06/30/2012
Stock % of Portfolio
Oracle Corp. 12.23%
Genworth Financial Inc. 2.21%
Hess Corporation 1.13%
NOVACOPPER INC 0.17%
Major positions closed on 06/30/2012
Stock Prior % of Portfolio
Multimedia Games Inc. 0.22%
Alere Inc. 0.12%

Leon Cooperman’s Q2 2012 13F is Here

Posted on August 13th, 2012

Omega Advisors hedge fund manager, Leon G. Cooperman, has filed a 13F for the quarter ending June 30th, 2012

Summary for 06/30/2012 13F Filing

Market Value: $4,431,797,312
Prior Market Value: $5,008,571,694
New Purchases: 21 stocks
Additional Purchases: 19 stocks
Sold out of: 14 stocks
Reduced holdings in: 37 stocks
Concentration % of Top 10 Holdings: 30.91%

13F Holdings Summary

Top 13F Holdings on 06/30/2012
Stock % of Portfolio
SLM Corporation 5.39%
Linn Energy, LLC 4.05%
Atlas Pipeline Partners LP 3.65%
Apple Inc. 3.51%
KINDER MORGAN, INC. COMMON STOCK 3.37%
American International Group, Inc. 3.32%
Sprint Nextel Corp. 3.17%
WellPoint Inc. 2.94%
QUALCOMM Incorporated 2.77%
ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. 2.77%
Major new positions on 06/30/2012
Stock % of Portfolio
Express Scripts Inc. 2.26%
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1.57%
Humana Inc. 1.31%
Eastman Chemical Co. 0.92%
McDermott International Inc. 0.46%
Major positions closed on 06/30/2012
Stock Prior % of Portfolio
El Paso Corp. 3.26%
SPDR Gold Shares 1.68%
Charming Shoppes Inc. 1.51%
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1.35%
Bank of America Corporation 1.24%

Vinik Asset Management LP, the hedge fund founded by Jeffrey Vinik, filed a new 13G disclosing ownership of 15,476,856 shares of NG as of August 2nd. This gives Vinik Asset Management a 5.53% stake in the company and is an increase of 14,816,856 shares over what they reported on their March 31st 13F.

From Yahoo! Finance, NovaGold Resources Inc. engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties primarily in Alaska, the United States and British Columbia, Canada.

Ownership History in NG
Reported via Date Name Ticker Shares % of Portfolio
13F 2011-12-31 NovaGold Resources Inc. NG 1,370,000 0.23
13F 2012-03-31 NovaGold Resources Inc. NG 660,000 0.06
SC 13G 2012-08-02 NovaGold Resources Inc. NG 15,476,856 N/A