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Soros Fund Management 13F holdings, Q3 2008

Family officeSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2008-09-30, filed 2008-11-14

Soros Fund Management disclosed 84 US equity positions worth $3.3bn in its Q3 2008 13F filing. Its largest position is PBR at 29.1% of the reported book, followed by POT1EUR and HES. Versus Q2 2008 it opened 39 new positions, added to 19, reduced 13 and exited 58.

$3.3bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
84
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
29.1%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
70.7%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
9
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 Q2 2008: 39 new, 19 added, 13 reduced, 58 exited

50 of 84
PBR PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S AEnergy29.1%$964m21.93m–new
POT1EUR POTASH CORP SASK INC–13.3%$441m3.34m+91%added
HES HESS CORP–5.2%$171m2.09m+277%added
COP CONOCOPHILLIPSEnergy3.8%$125m1.71m−1.8%reduced
RF MICRODEVICES INC 1.5%10 no ticker–3.8%$124m146.44m+4.1%added
MERCURY COMPUTER SYS 2%24 no ticker–3.5%$116m119.69m0.0%held
AUDIOCODES LTD 2%24 no ticker–3.4%$112m117.75m+17%added
LSI CORPORATION 4%10 no ticker–2.9%$96.2m98.19m+9.6%added
RF MICRODEVICES INC CV0.75%12 no ticker–2.9%$95.7m132.87m+87%added
ARCH COAL INC no ticker–2.9%$94.6m2.88m–new
IYR ISHARES TR–2.4%$80.5m1.30m–new
AGERE SYS INC 6.5%09 no ticker–2.4%$78.8m78.01m0.0%held
POWERSHARES QQQ TRUST no ticker–2.3%$77.8m2.00m+900%added
MCDATA CORP 2.25%10 no ticker–2.2%$73.3m79.21m+78%added
RED HAT INC 0.5%24 no ticker–1.7%$55.2m56.03m–new
SLB SLB LIMITEDEnergy1.3%$42.6m545,000+400%added
MAP PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker–1.2%$41.3m4.08m0.0%held
MACROVISION CORP CV2.625%11 no ticker–1.1%$37.7m46.16m+56%added
SYMMETRICOM INC CV 25 no ticker–1.1%$37.2m45.41m−40%reduced
AUXILIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker–1.0%$33.7m1.04m−14%reduced
WIND RIVER SYSTEMS INC no ticker–1.0%$32.2m3.22m−46%reduced
WHITING PETE CORP NEW no ticker–0.8%$26.4m370,017–new
GLOBAL SHIP LEASE INC NEW no ticker–0.7%$23.9m3.75m–new
EMULEX CORP no ticker–0.7%$22.9m2.15m+279%added
JBLU JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPIndustrials0.7%$22.7m4.59m−51%reduced
CHKEUR CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP–0.6%$20.8m579,000–new
BBY BEST BUY INCConsumer Cyclical0.6%$20.5m547,000–new
RADISYS CORP CV1.375%23 no ticker–0.6%$19.9m20.04m+54%added
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORP no ticker–0.6%$18.9m995,666–new
BUFFALO WILD WINGS INC no ticker–0.6%$18.8m465,973–new
CYMER INC 3.5%09 no ticker–0.5%$18.1m18.30m0.0%held
LSCC LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPTechnology0.5%$16.9m8.21m–new
DIGITAL RIV INC 1.25%24 no ticker–0.4%$13.8m14.00m–new
TECH DATA CORP 2.75%26 no ticker–0.4%$13.6m16.00m+167%added
ANHEUSER BUSCH COS INC no ticker–0.4%$13.0m200,862–new
BLUEFLY INC no ticker–0.3%$11.5m4.86m0.0%held
COMPNIA VALE DO RIO DOCE no ticker–0.3%$9.4m490,000–new
MRCY MERCURY SYS INCIndustrials0.3%$9.0m1.01m0.0%held
BRASL no ticker–0.2%$6.3m62,250–new
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP 3.125%27 no ticker–0.2%$5.5m6.00m–new
ALLOS THERAPEUTICS INC no ticker–0.1%$4.5m611,353−33%reduced
BAC BANK OF AMER CORPFinancial Services0.1%$4.1m118,000–new
SID COMPANHIA SIDERURGICA NACIONBasic Materials0.1%$3.4m159,489–new
FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SVTechnology0.10%$3.2m175,891–new
CORP NEW no ticker–0.09%$3.1m498,546+2.8%added
CME CME GROUP INCFinancial Services0.09%$3.0m8,0000.0%held
DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP INC no ticker–0.09%$2.9m111,000–new
ETR ENTERGY CORP NEWUtilities0.08%$2.8m31,000–new
SUNTRUST BKS INC no ticker–0.08%$2.7m60,500–new
GLOBAL SHIP LEASE INC NEW 08/24/2010 no ticker–0.08%$2.7m3.75m–new

Exited since Q2 2008

58 rows
EEM ISHARES TR13.6%$351m
LEHMAN BROS HLDGS INC no ticker7.3%$188m
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust2.7%$68.9m
CORP UNIT EX 082410 no ticker1.3%$32.7m
MOSAIC CO no ticker0.8%$20.8m
ENERGYSOLUTIONS INC DEPOSITARY SH no ticker0.7%$19.2m
MONSANTO CO NEW no ticker0.7%$18.3m
HAL HALLIBURTON CO0.7%$17.0m
CORP SB NT CV ZERO 10 no ticker0.6%$16.5m
FCX FREEPORT MCMORAN INC0.6%$16.2m
BUCYRUS INTL INC NEW no ticker0.6%$14.8m
CENX CENTURY ALUM CO0.5%$14.2m
INC no ticker0.5%$13.4m
INTERNATIONAL LTD no ticker0.5%$13.2m
KR KROGER CO0.5%$11.8m
TIBCO SOFTWARE INC no ticker0.4%$10.8m
NOVEUR NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO INC0.4%$10.5m
PTEN PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY INC0.4%$9.7m
UNP UNION PACIFIC CORP0.4%$9.6m
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION0.3%$7.3m
IP INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO0.2%$5.3m
CSCO CISCO SYS INC0.2%$4.9m
SYNOVUS FINL CORP no ticker0.2%$4.2m
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSON0.2%$4.1m
ABX BARRICK GOLD CORP0.1%$3.8m
NEM NEWMONT CORP0.1%$3.4m
SUPPORTSOFT INC no ticker0.1%$2.7m
NEWS CORP no ticker0.09%$2.4m
EBAY EBAY INC.0.09%$2.3m
CITY NATL CORP no ticker0.07%$1.9m
UNIONBANCAL CORP no ticker0.07%$1.7m
DOMTAR CORP no ticker0.06%$1.6m
SNA SNAP ON INC0.06%$1.6m
CMA COMERICA INC0.06%$1.5m
ZION ZIONS BANCORPORATION NATL AS0.06%$1.5m
BANRO CORP no ticker0.06%$1.5m
CORP no ticker0.06%$1.4m
GLW CORNING INC0.05%$1.4m
DOLAN CO no ticker0.05%$1.3m
MAC MACERICH CO0.05%$1.2m
EWZ ISHARES INC0.05%$1.2m
YAHOO INC no ticker0.04%$1.0m
KBR KBR INC0.04%$997k
MERC MERCER INTL INC0.04%$962k
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC0.04%$912k
MSC SOFTWARE CORP no ticker0.03%$878k
AD ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE0.03%$848k
NOVELLUS SYS INC no ticker0.03%$742k
AMR CORP no ticker0.02%$605k
DAL DELTA AIR LINES INC0.02%$567k

Sector mix

  • Unclassified62.7%
  • Energy34.2%
  • Industrials1.0%
  • Technology0.7%
  • Consumer Cyclical0.6%
  • Financial Services0.4%
  • Communication Services0.1%
  • Basic Materials0.1%
  • Utilities0.08%
  • Real Estate0.06%

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