Guru insights for Q4 2011
Posted on February 21st, 2012 by whalewisdom
This is a followup to last quarter’s Guru insights.
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The results below are for Q4 2011. Apple was still on top while Google saw a jump in individual investments by some big names. Blue Ridge Capital, Kleinheinz Capital, Lone Pine, Soros and Tiger Global all upped their holdings in GOOG. Baidu breaks into the #5 spot thanks to increased investments by Tiger Global (up 30%) and Viking Global (up 47%). Others breaking into the top 20 include Goldman Sachs, SPDR Gold, Lowes, Cisco, Anadarko and Visa
Amazon dropped out of the top 20 thanks to selling by Blue Ridge (down 10%), Coatue (down 26%) and Tiger Global (down 34%) among others. Vodaphone, United Continental, Rock-Tenn, News Corp, LyondellBassell and eBay all dropped out as well.
| Stock | Ticker | Consensus: % of Guru’s holding this stock |
Stock represents over 5% of Guru’s total holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
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AAPL
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50%
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C
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37.5%
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GOOG
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32.5%
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WFC
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30%
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BIDU
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25%
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PCLN
|
22.5%
|
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JPM
|
22.5%
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USB
|
20%
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PFE
|
20%
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COF
|
20%
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||
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GS
|
17.5%
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GLD
|
17.5%
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QCOM
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17.5%
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OXY
|
17.5%
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MON
|
17.5%
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LOW
|
17.5%
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LVS
|
17.5%
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CSCO
|
17.5%
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APC
|
17.5%
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V
|
15%
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Funds used for this report:
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
- DREMAN VALUE MANAGEMENT L L C
- BAUPOST GROUP LLC
- VALUEACT HOLDINGS, L.P
- PERSHING SQUARE CAPITAL
- EMINENCE CAPITAL LLC
- LONE PINE CAPITAL LLC
- MAVERICK CAPITAL LTD
- VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP
- SHUMWAY CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC
- TIGER GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LLC
- THIRD POINT LLC
- TRIAN PARTNERS GENERAL
- RELATIONAL INVESTORS LLC
- PAULSON & CO INC
- STEEL PARTNERS II LP
- JANA PARTNERS LLC
- SOUTHEASTERN ASSET
- RBS PARTNERS L P
- INSTITUTIONAL CAPITAL LLC
- FAIRHOLME CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
- ETON PARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
- TWEEDY BROWNE CO LLC
- PABRAI MOHNISH
- CONATUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP
- APPALOOSA MANAGEMENT LP
- PRIVATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
- EAGLE VALUE PARTNERS, LLC
- CARLSON CAPITAL L P
- KLEINHEINZ CAPITAL PARTNERS
- KINGDON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
- PAR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC
- IMPALA ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC
- GMT CAPITAL CORP
- JGD MANAGEMENT CORP
- ALKEON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
- COATUE MANAGEMENT LLC
- NEWGATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
- SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC
- BLUE RIDGE CAPITAL, L.L.C.