Soros Fund Management 13F holdings, Q3 2008
Holdings as of September 30, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Soros Fund Management disclosed 84 US equity positions worth $3.3bn in its Q3 2008 13F filing. The largest position was PBR at 29.1% of the reported book, followed by POTASH CORP SASK INC and HES. Against the Q2 2008 filing, it opened 23 new positions, added to 14 and reduced 6 among the top 50 holdings.
What did Soros Fund Management own in Q3 2008? Top 50 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q2 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PBR PETROBR | Energy | 29.1% | $963.7m | 21,927,237 | – | new |
| 2 | POTASH CORP SASK INC | 13.3% | $441.0m | 3,341,027 | 91% | added | |
| 3 | HES HESS CORP | 5.2% | $171.2m | 2,085,988 | 277% | added | |
| 4 | COP CONOCOPHILLIPS | Energy | 3.8% | $125.1m | 1,707,900 | -2% | reduced |
| 5 | RF MICRODEVICES INC 1.5%10 | 3.8% | $124.5m | 146,437,000 | 4% | added | |
| 6 | MERCURY COMPUTER SYS 2%24 | 3.5% | $116.5m | 119,688,000 | 0% | held | |
| 7 | AUDIOCODES LTD 2%24 | 3.4% | $112.2m | 117,746,000 | 17% | added | |
| 8 | LSI CORPORATION 4%10 | 2.9% | $96.2m | 98,190,000 | 10% | added | |
| 9 | RF MICRODEVICES INC CV0.75%12 | 2.9% | $95.7m | 132,865,000 | 87% | added | |
| 10 | ARCH COAL INC | 2.9% | $94.6m | 2,877,486 | – | new | |
| 11 | IYR ISHARES TR EST | 2.4% | $80.5m | 1,300,000 | – | new | |
| 12 | AGERE SYS INC 6.5%09 | 2.4% | $78.8m | 78,006,000 | 0% | held | |
| 13 | POWERSHARES QQQ TRUST UNIT SER 1 | 2.3% | $77.8m | 2,000,000 | 900% | added | |
| 14 | MCDATA CORP 2.25%10 | 2.2% | $73.3m | 79,211,000 | 78% | added | |
| 15 | RED HAT INC 0.5%24 | 1.7% | $55.2m | 56,035,000 | – | new | |
| 16 | SLB SCHLUMBERGER LTD | Energy | 1.3% | $42.6m | 545,000 | 400% | added |
| 17 | MAP PHARMACEUTICALS INC | 1.2% | $41.3m | 4,076,169 | 0% | held | |
| 18 | MACROVISION CORP CV2.625%11 | 1.1% | $37.7m | 46,160,000 | 56% | added | |
| 19 | SYMMETRICOM INC CV 25 | 1.1% | $37.2m | 45,410,000 | -40% | reduced | |
| 20 | INC | 1.0% | $33.7m | 1,041,180 | -14% | reduced | |
| 21 | WIND RIVER SYSTEMS INC | 1.0% | $32.2m | 3,221,031 | -46% | reduced | |
| 22 | WHITING PETE CORP NEW | 0.8% | $26.4m | 370,017 | – | new | |
| 23 | GLOBAL SHIP LEASE INC NEW | 0.7% | $23.9m | 3,750,000 | – | new | |
| 24 | EMULEX CORP | 0.7% | $22.9m | 2,146,666 | 279% | added | |
| 25 | JBLU JETBLUE AWYS CORP | Industrials | 0.7% | $22.7m | 4,593,030 | -51% | reduced |
| 26 | CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP | 0.6% | $20.8m | 579,000 | – | new | |
| 27 | BBY BEST BUY INC | Consumer Cyclical | 0.6% | $20.5m | 547,000 | – | new |
| 28 | RADISYS CORP CV1.375%23 | 0.6% | $19.9m | 20,039,000 | 54% | added | |
| 29 | CORP | 0.6% | $18.9m | 995,666 | – | new | |
| 30 | BUFFALO WILD WINGS INC | 0.6% | $18.8m | 465,973 | – | new | |
| 31 | CYMER INC 3.5%09 | 0.5% | $18.1m | 18,303,000 | 0% | held | |
| 32 | LSCC CORP | Technology | 0.5% | $16.9m | 8,206,866 | – | new |
| 33 | DIGITAL RIV INC 1.25%24 | 0.4% | $13.8m | 14,000,000 | – | new | |
| 34 | TECH DATA CORP 2.75%26 | 0.4% | $13.6m | 16,000,000 | 167% | added | |
| 35 | ANHEUSER BUSCH COS INC | 0.4% | $13.0m | 200,862 | – | new | |
| 36 | BLUEFLY INC | 0.3% | $11.5m | 4,860,115 | 0% | held | |
| 37 | COMPNIA VALE DO RIO DOCE | 0.3% | $9.4m | 490,000 | – | new | |
| 38 | MRCY MERCURY COMPUTER SYS | Industrials | 0.3% | $9.0m | 1,013,241 | 0% | held |
| 39 | BRASL | 0.2% | $6.3m | 62,250 | – | new | |
| 40 | LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP 3.125%27 | 0.2% | $5.5m | 6,000,000 | – | new | |
| 41 | ALLOS THERAPEUTICS INC | 0.1% | $4.5m | 611,353 | -33% | reduced | |
| 42 | BAC CORPORATION | Financial Services | 0.1% | $4.1m | 118,000 | – | new |
| 43 | SID NACION | Basic Materials | 0.1% | $3.4m | 159,489 | – | new |
| 44 | FIS INFORMATION SVCS | Technology | 0.1% | $3.2m | 175,891 | – | new |
| 45 | CORP NEW | 0.1% | $3.1m | 498,546 | 3% | added | |
| 46 | CME CME GROUP INC | Financial Services | 0.1% | $3.0m | 8,000 | 0% | held |
| 47 | GROUP INC | 0.1% | $2.9m | 111,000 | – | new | |
| 48 | ETR ENTERGY CORP NEW | Utilities | 0.1% | $2.8m | 31,000 | – | new |
| 49 | SUNTRUST BKS IN | 0.1% | $2.7m | 60,500 | – | new | |
| 50 | GLOBAL SHIP LEASE INC NEW 08/24/2010 | 0.1% | $2.7m | 3,750,000 | – | new |
Weights are shares of the reported long US equity book (options excluded). Values are as filed, normalised to whole dollars. Share changes compare against the immediately preceding filing only.