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Soros Fund Management 13F holdings, Q4 1999

Family officeSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 1999-12-31, filed 2000-02-14

Soros Fund Management disclosed 216 US equity positions worth $6.4bn in its Q4 1999 13F filing. Its largest position is ORCL at 7.3% of the reported book, followed by QCOM and SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC. Versus Q3 1999 it opened 134 new positions, added to 38, reduced 24 and exited 87.

$6.4bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
216
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
7.3%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
40.0%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
43
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
114
Quarters on file since Q1 1998
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q3 1999: 134 new, 38 added, 24 reduced, 87 exited

50 of 216
ORCL ORACLE CORPTechnology7.3%$467m4.16m–new
QCOM QUALCOMM INCTechnology5.3%$341m1.94m+29%added
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC no ticker–5.2%$332m4.29m+55%added
GLOBALSTAR TELECOMMUNICTNS LTD no ticker–4.3%$274m6.22m−14%reduced
VERITAS SOFTWARE CO no ticker–4.2%$271m1.90m+24%added
GENERAL INSTR CORP DEL no ticker–3.2%$208m2.44m+201%added
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS INC no ticker–2.9%$186m1.80m–new
VRSN VERISIGN INCTechnology2.8%$180m942,500–new
E M C CORP MASS no ticker–2.8%$180m1.65m+131%added
CENDANT CORP no ticker–2.1%$135m5.06m+46%added
MCI WORLDCOM INC no ticker–2.0%$131m2.47m−23%reduced
CURAGEN CORP no ticker–1.9%$124m1.78m0.0%held
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS no ticker–1.8%$117m1.31m+36%added
CBS CORP no ticker–1.8%$115m1.80m+152%added
JDS UNIPHASE CORP no ticker–1.7%$112m696,500+58%added
CLARIFY INC no ticker–1.7%$110m870,000–new
CRYSTAL GAS STORAGE INC no ticker–1.4%$92.5m1.63m0.0%held
AT&T CORP no ticker–1.4%$89.7m1.58m+21%added
OAK INDS INC no ticker–1.2%$78.9m743,800–new
REYNOLDS METALS CO no ticker–1.2%$78.8m1.03m+7.1%added
PE CORP no ticker–1.2%$76.9m638,800−61%reduced
ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS NEW no ticker–1.2%$76.2m782,000+312%added
INFINITY BROADCASTING CP NEW no ticker–1.1%$71.4m1.97m+86%added
GLW CORNING INCTechnology1.1%$70.9m550,000+886%added
U S WEST INC NEW no ticker–1.1%$70.6m980,300+8575%added
AT & T CDA INC DEPS no ticker–1.1%$69.6m1.73m+100%added
PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY CORP no ticker–1.1%$67.7m2.50m−17%reduced
UAL CORP no ticker–0.9%$60.9m785,000–new
MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker–0.9%$58.0m475,000+375%added
CB CHUBB CORPFinancial Services0.9%$56.3m1.00m+100%added
AMFM INC no ticker–0.9%$55.0m702,900+2712%added
MOTOROLA INC no ticker–0.8%$54.3m368,850+1656%added
INTC INTEL CORPTechnology0.7%$44.9m545,000+5889%added
APEX SILVER MINES LTD no ticker–0.6%$40.9m3.41m0.0%held
ADFORCE INC no ticker–0.6%$40.5m567,850–new
AKAM AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology0.6%$38.7m118,000–new
OPTICAL COATING LAB INC no ticker–0.6%$37.5m126,730–new
PE CORP CELERA no ticker–0.6%$37.3m250,000−68%reduced
AVGO BROADCOM CORPTechnology0.5%$34.4m126,300+720%added
GENERAL MTRS CORP no ticker–0.5%$34.0m354,500−29%reduced
FLYCAST COMMUNICATIONS CORP no ticker–0.5%$33.9m261,043–new
ST PAUL COS INC no ticker–0.5%$33.7m1.00m+100%added
PARK PL ENTMT CORP no ticker–0.5%$33.6m2.69m+101%added
HISPANIC BROADCASTING CORP no ticker–0.5%$33.2m360,000–new
MEDICALOGIC INC no ticker–0.5%$32.9m1.57m–new
INTERWOVEN INC no ticker–0.5%$32.7m268,587–new
REDBACK NETWORKS INC no ticker–0.5%$32.3m181,750–new
WEATHERFORD INTL INC no ticker–0.5%$31.9m800,000+317%added
MEDIAONE GROUP INC no ticker–0.5%$31.8m413,600+284%added
UNION CARBIDE CORP no ticker–0.5%$30.9m463,300–new

Exited since Q3 1999

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ELECTRONIC DATA SYS NEW no ticker6.8%$236m
PENN TRAFFIC CO NEW no ticker2.2%$76.6m
SLB SLB LIMITED2.1%$73.1m
TRICON GLOBAL RESTAURANTS no ticker1.9%$64.6m
OUTDOOR SYS INC no ticker1.8%$63.8m
VISX INC DEL no ticker1.7%$59.7m
TYCO INTL LTD NEW no ticker1.2%$41.6m
GENZYME CORP no ticker1.0%$36.0m
CENTOCOR INC no ticker0.6%$19.8m
KING WORLD PRODTNS INC no ticker0.5%$19.2m
INTERNATIONAL NETWORK SVCS no ticker0.5%$17.9m
ORION CAP CORP no ticker0.5%$16.7m
QUANTUM CORP no ticker0.5%$16.6m
BANKBOSTON CORP no ticker0.4%$15.0m
PIONEER HI BRED INTL INC no ticker0.4%$12.4m
CNET INC no ticker0.3%$11.2m
SILICON GRAPHICS INC no ticker0.3%$10.9m
TJX TJX COS INC NEW0.3%$10.8m
FORTE SOFTWARE INC no ticker0.3%$10.6m
TRANSACTION NETWORK SVCS INC no ticker0.3%$10.6m
AUDIO BOOK CLUB INC no ticker0.3%$9.2m
CASE CORP no ticker0.3%$8.9m
FINOVA GROUP INC no ticker0.3%$8.8m
HERCULES INC no ticker0.2%$8.6m
FOREST LABS INC no ticker0.2%$8.4m
FEDERAL HOME LN MTG CORP no ticker0.2%$7.5m
CVS CVS HEALTH CORP0.2%$6.7m
DVN DEVON ENERGY CORP NEW0.2%$6.2m
NUE NUCOR CORP0.2%$5.7m
LONE STAR INDS INC no ticker0.2%$5.7m
GRAND UN CO no ticker0.1%$5.0m
ECLIPSE SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES no ticker0.1%$5.0m
EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC no ticker0.1%$4.7m
IDX SYS CORP no ticker0.1%$4.6m
QUANTUM CORP no ticker0.1%$4.4m
IMALL INC no ticker0.1%$4.3m
ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED INC no ticker0.1%$3.6m
OPTIMAL ROBOTICS CORP no ticker0.1%$3.6m
ASSOCIATES FIRST CAP CORP no ticker0.09%$3.2m
UNITED HEALTHCARE CORP no ticker0.08%$2.9m
MS MORGAN STANLEY0.08%$2.8m
GANNETT INC no ticker0.08%$2.6m
BMC SOFTWARE INC no ticker0.07%$2.6m
KR KROGER CO0.07%$2.4m
HOMELAND HLDG CORP NEW no ticker0.07%$2.4m
UNITRODE CORP no ticker0.07%$2.3m
COMPUTER ASSOC INTL INC no ticker0.06%$2.2m
SKYTEL COMMUNICATIONS INC no ticker0.06%$2.0m
SAFEWAY INC no ticker0.06%$1.9m
WESTERN WIRELESS CORP no ticker0.05%$1.9m

Sector mix

  • Unclassified76.9%
  • Technology19.4%
  • Financial Services1.2%
  • Healthcare0.9%
  • Communication Services0.6%
  • Industrials0.5%
  • Consumer Defensive0.4%
  • Consumer Cyclical0.01%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (114)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 2026251$7.6bn
Q1 2026246$7.3bn
Q4 2025227$7.5bn
Q3 2025173$6.3bn
Q2 2025167$5.8bn
Q1 2025183$5.6bn
Q4 2024169$5.7bn
Q3 2024157$5.0bn
Q2 2024154$4.4bn
Q1 2024157$4.3bn
Q4 2023152$5.3bn
Q3 2023150$4.9bn
Q2 2023118$4.6bn
Q1 2023135$5.3bn
Q4 2022155$5.9bn
Q3 2022244$5.3bn
Q2 2022243$5.0bn
Q1 2022251$5.5bn
Q4 2021263$6.8bn
Q3 2021242$5.1bn
Q2 2021248$5.5bn
Q1 2021221$5.0bn
Q4 2020139$5.0bn
Q3 2020124$4.0bn
Q2 2020133$3.7bn
Q1 2020113$2.0bn
Q4 2019165$3.0bn
Q3 2019171$3.5bn
Q2 2019146$3.9bn
Q1 2019160$3.9bn
Q4 2018157$3.1bn
Q3 2018172$4.1bn
Q2 2018179$4.9bn
Q1 2018199$5.5bn
Q4 2017180$4.1bn
Q3 2017212$3.8bn
Q2 2017187$3.6bn
Q1 2017251$4.1bn
Q4 2016192$3.5bn
Q3 2016211$3.6bn
Q2 2016162$3.5bn
Q1 2016212$3.5bn
Q4 2015227$5.4bn
Q3 2015212$5.9bn
Q2 2015247$8.0bn
Q1 2015214$8.8bn
Q4 2014174$8.5bn
Q3 2014245$10.1bn
Q2 2014347$10.1bn
Q1 2014292$9.4bn
Q4 2013208$9.2bn
Q3 2013208$7.8bn
Q2 2013173$7.1bn
Q1 2013151$6.9bn
Q4 2012136$6.8bn
Q3 2012135$7.7bn
Q2 2012135$5.6bn
Q1 2012159$5.9bn
Q4 2011108$3.6bn
Q3 2011343$4.5bn
Q2 2011431$5.5bn
Q1 2011550$6.3bn
Q4 2010624$6.2bn
Q3 2010607$6.0bn
Q2 2010682$4.5bn
Q1 2010680$7.1bn
Q4 2009551$7.2bn
Q3 2009456$5.6bn
Q2 2009185$4.0bn
Q1 200991$4.3bn
Q4 200886$4.4bn
Q3 200884$3.3bn
Q2 2008103$2.6bn
Q1 2008360$2.0bn
Q4 2007305$1.8bn
Q3 2007519$2.6bn
Q2 2007410$2.4bn
Q1 2007331$2.3bn
Q4 2006171$2.2bn
Q3 2006284$2.4bn
Q2 2006222$1.9bn
Q1 2006239$2.6bn
Q4 2005183$2.2bn
Q3 2005185$2.3bn
Q2 2005148$1.7bn
Q1 2005155$2.1bn
Q4 200491$1.9bn
Q3 200490$1.5bn
Q2 200480$1.2bn
Q1 200488$1.6bn
Q4 200392$1.5bn
Q3 2003105$1.8bn
Q2 2003110$1.4bn
Q1 2003112$1.5bn
Q4 2002128$1.8bn
Q3 2002205$1.9bn
Q2 2002198$2.0bn
Q1 2002236$2.2bn
Q4 2001232$1.6bn
Q3 2001215$1.6bn
Q2 2001215$1.4bn
Q1 2001163$1.4bn
Q4 2000134$1.1bn
Q3 2000310$2.1bn
Q2 2000206$1.5bn
Q1 2000252$5.9bn
Q4 1999216$6.4bn
Q3 1999169$3.5bn
Q2 1999130$4.5bn
Q1 1999127$3.9bn
Q4 19983$152m
Q3 19984$858m
Q2 19988$1.9bn
Q1 199810$1.5bn

Where Soros Fund Management was early

163 rows
AVGO BROADCOM INCQ1 19991 of 3230.06%1.1%29Held at last filing, Q2 2026–
CAT CATERPILLAR INC DELQ1 19991 of 1870.07%2.2%7Exited by Q3 2011+364%
CSCO CISCO SYS INCQ1 19991 of 1700.03%2.6%35Exited by Q2 2017+23%
HAL HALLIBURTON COQ1 19991 of 1820.1%3.2%28Exited by Q1 2022+19%
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INCQ1 19991 of 3200.01%2.8%35Held at last filing, Q2 2026+4691%
ORCL ORACLE CORPQ1 19991 of 2560.01%7.5%32Exited by Q4 2024+2484%
SLB SCHLUMBERGER LTDQ1 19991 of 2111.5%2.4%32Exited by Q3 2020−39%
WM WASTE MGMT INC DELQ1 19991 of 14016.4%17.3%17Exited by Q1 2011−17%
INTC INTEL CORPQ1 19992 of 2800.1%1.6%32Held at last filing, Q2 2026+370%
AAPL APPLE INCQ1 19994 of 2750.01%4.0%50Held at last filing, Q2 2026+90080%
AZO AUTOZONE INCQ1 19997 of 1651.2%2.0%14Exited by Q2 2017+2280%
EBAY EBAY INCQ1 19997 of 1860.02%2.5%32Exited by Q4 2019+440%
QCOM QUALCOMM INCQ2 19991 of 2460.7%8.1%44Exited by Q2 2024+844%
NKE NIKE INCQ2 19996 of 2080.07%1.2%35Exited by Q3 2025+797%
COF CAPITAL ONE FINL CORPQ2 19999 of 2270.3%1.1%24Held at last filing, Q2 2026+260%
WFC WELLS FARGO CO NEWQ2 199913 of 2120.1%1.8%29Exited by Q3 2020+20%
GLW CORNING INCQ3 19991 of 1960.1%1.3%24Exited by Q2 2025+100%
LSCC LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPQ3 19991 of 1460.03%1.1%34Exited by Q4 2016−56%
CVS CVS HEALTH CORPQ3 19995 of 2160.2%3.1%19Exited by Q3 2016+369%
VRSN VERISIGN INCQ4 19991 of 1422.8%4.9%16Exited by Q4 2017−44%
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSONQ4 19999 of 1690.1%3.1%28Held at last filing, Q2 2026+445%
LRCX LAM RESEARCH CORPQ4 199912 of 2360.01%1.8%17Exited by Q2 2018+446%
LLY ELI LILLY & COQ1 20001 of 2410.2%1.1%22Held at last filing, Q2 2026+1815%
ROK ROCKWELL AUTOQ1 20001 of 1400.04%1.5%5Exited by Q2 2005+35%
BMY BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB COQ1 20002 of 1970.3%1.1%15Exited by Q4 2015+8.9%
CRUS CIRRUS LOGIC INCQ1 20002 of 1080.02%1.4%11Exited by Q2 2017+233%
HD HOME DEPOT INCQ1 20002 of 2121.1%3.3%30Exited by Q4 2015+79%
GE GENERAL ELECTRIC COQ1 20008 of 2420.07%3.2%19Exited by Q2 2024−44%
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCQ1 20009 of 2290.9%1.5%45Exited by Q4 2025+657%
TMO THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCQ1 20009 of 2340.2%1.3%16Exited by Q2 2018+913%
AMGN AMGEN INCQ2 20001 of 1661.0%1.0%17Exited by Q2 2017+134%
BBY BEST BUY INCQ2 20001 of 1330.08%6.1%18Exited by Q4 2014+19%
PEP PEPSICO INCQ2 200012 of 1390.07%1.1%25Exited by Q4 2016+145%
MGM MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONALQ3 20001 of 2120.03%2.7%21Held at last filing, Q2 2026+150%
F FORD MTR CO DELQ4 20003 of 1810.1%1.5%11Exited by Q1 2014−34%
DGX QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCQ1 20011 of 1320.5%1.3%23Exited by Q3 2010+124%
IART HLDGS CPQ1 20011 of 1020.2%7.1%23Exited by Q2 2011+248%
MGA MAGNA INTL INCQ1 20011 of 1011.0%1.6%16Exited by Q4 2011+43%
FDX FEDEX CORPQ1 20012 of 1981.2%2.5%26Exited by Q3 2025+445%
UTXZ UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPQ1 20012 of 1140.1%3.3%14Exited by Q2 2015+42%
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COQ1 200111 of 2310.2%1.8%39Held at last filing, Q2 2026+629%
9990302D APACHE CORPQ2 20011 of 841.6%2.3%20Exited by Q4 2014+177%
AA ALCOA CORPQ2 20011 of 1850.04%1.3%14Exited by Q2 2026−31%
AMXN AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV SPONQ2 20011 of 600.2%1.3%17Exited by Q2 2013+168%
ANF ABERCROMBIE & FITCH COQ2 20013 of 1460.09%1.4%19Exited by Q4 2017−68%
LOW LOWES COS INCQ2 20017 of 2090.05%2.3%22Exited by Q3 2025+1123%
LEN LENNAR CORPQ2 200116 of 1990.2%1.0%28Exited by Q4 2023+447%
ADM ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COQ3 20011 of 1360.02%1.6%18Held at last filing, Q2 2026+507%
NEM NEWMONT MINING CORPQ3 20011 of 1701.5%1.5%25Exited by Q3 2012+106%
BAC BK OF AMERICA CORPQ3 20015 of 2320.1%1.8%29Exited by Q3 2020−19%

Concentration and tenure

11.6%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
44.6%
Median top 10 weight, all quarters
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
Concentrated
Style, by median largest position
2
Median completed holding, quarters