Soros Fund Management 13F holdings, Q4 2008
Holdings as of December 31, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Soros Fund Management disclosed 86 US equity positions worth $4.4bn in its Q4 2008 13F filing. The largest position was PBR at 21.0% of the reported book, followed by POTASH CORP SASK INC and MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC. Against the Q3 2008 filing, it opened 18 new positions, added to 23 and reduced 4 among the top 50 holdings.
What did Soros Fund Management own in Q4 2008? Top 50 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q3 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PBR PETROBR | Energy | 21.0% | $919.6m | 37,548,937 | 71% | added |
| 2 | POTASH CORP SASK INC | 9.9% | $433.9m | 5,926,466 | 77% | added | |
| 3 | MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC | 6.2% | $269.8m | 23,175,146 | – | new | |
| 4 | BBY BEST BUY INC | Consumer Cyclical | 6.1% | $267.2m | 9,505,828 | 1638% | added |
| 5 | HES HESS CORP | 5.0% | $218.7m | 4,077,802 | 95% | added | |
| 6 | LSI CORPORATION NT 4%10 | 4.1% | $181.3m | 192,250,000 | 96% | added | |
| 7 | COP CONOCOPHILLIPS | Energy | 4.0% | $177.3m | 3,423,350 | 100% | added |
| 8 | LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP 3.125%27 | 3.9% | $171.9m | 186,893,000 | 3015% | added | |
| 9 | RF MICRODEVICES INC CV 1.5%10 | 3.6% | $155.8m | 188,288,000 | 29% | added | |
| 10 | MERCURY COMPUTER SYS CV 2%24 | 2.7% | $118.3m | 119,688,000 | 0% | held | |
| 11 | DIGITAL RIV INC CV 1.25%24 | 2.5% | $110.0m | 109,985,000 | 686% | added | |
| 12 | OMNICOM GROUP INC LYON ZERO 31 | 2.2% | $95.6m | 96,000,000 | – | new | |
| 13 | RF MICRODEVICES INC CV0.75%12 | 2.0% | $88.6m | 169,567,000 | 28% | added | |
| 14 | RED HAT INC CV 0.5%24 | 1.9% | $85.3m | 85,335,000 | 52% | added | |
| 15 | MACROVISION CORP CV2.625%11 | 1.9% | $85.0m | 110,249,000 | 139% | added | |
| 16 | MCDATA CORP CV 2.25%10 | 1.9% | $84.9m | 92,911,000 | 17% | added | |
| 17 | UNP UNION PAC CORP | Industrials | 1.9% | $81.8m | 1,710,763 | – | new |
| 18 | AGERE SYS INC CV 6.5%09 | 1.8% | $80.2m | 80,801,000 | 4% | added | |
| 19 | ARCH COAL INC | 1.8% | $78.7m | 4,829,486 | 68% | added | |
| 20 | SLB SCHLUMBERGER LTD | Energy | 1.6% | $72.2m | 1,705,028 | 213% | added |
| 21 | AUDIOCODES LTD CV 2%24 | 1.5% | $67.1m | 70,051,000 | -41% | reduced | |
| 22 | S A DE CV | 1.4% | $63.1m | 2,762,680 | – | new | |
| 23 | TECH DATA CORP CV 2.75%26 | 1.3% | $56.7m | 75,123,000 | 370% | added | |
| 24 | SYMMETRICOM INC NT CV 25 | 0.8% | $37.1m | 46,410,000 | 2% | added | |
| 25 | FLEXTRONICS INTL LTD CV 1%10 | 0.8% | $35.0m | 40,407,000 | – | new | |
| 26 | CYMER INC CV 3.5%09 | 0.7% | $30.5m | 30,498,000 | 67% | added | |
| 27 | INC | 0.6% | $28.5m | 4,076,169 | 0% | held | |
| 28 | HO1 HOLOGIC INC | 0.6% | $26.3m | 2,013,500 | – | new | |
| 29 | INC | 0.6% | $25.1m | 1,146,542 | – | new | |
| 30 | HEINZ H J CO | 0.6% | $24.4m | 650,000 | – | new | |
| 31 | JBLU JETBLUE AWYS CORP | Industrials | 0.5% | $24.0m | 3,379,177 | -26% | reduced |
| 32 | HD HOME DEPOT INC | Consumer Cyclical | 0.5% | $23.8m | 1,036,000 | – | new |
| 33 | LOW LOWES COS INC | Consumer Cyclical | 0.5% | $23.6m | 1,099,000 | – | new |
| 34 | AVNET INC CV 34 | 0.4% | $15.9m | 16,000,000 | – | new | |
| 35 | INFORMATICA CORP CV 3%26 | 0.3% | $14.8m | 15,765,000 | – | new | |
| 36 | LSCC CORP | Technology | 0.3% | $13.1m | 8,666,666 | 6% | added |
| 37 | NEW | 0.2% | $10.7m | 3,750,000 | 0% | held | |
| 38 | RF MICRODEVICES INC CV 1%14 | 0.2% | $7.8m | 22,815,000 | – | new | |
| 39 | MRCY MERCURY COMPUTER SYS | Industrials | 0.1% | $6.0m | 955,172 | -6% | reduced |
| 40 | M MACYS INC | Consumer Cyclical | 0.1% | $5.9m | 571,000 | – | new |
| 41 | DAL DELTA AIR LINES INC DEL | Industrials | 0.1% | $5.7m | 498,500 | – | new |
| 42 | BRASL | 0.1% | $5.0m | 77,250 | 24% | added | |
| 43 | INC | 0.1% | $3.8m | 231,475 | 109% | added | |
| 44 | ALLOS THERAPEUTICS INC | 0.1% | $3.7m | 611,353 | 0% | held | |
| 45 | HEWLETT PACKARD CO | 0.1% | $3.6m | 100,000 | – | new | |
| 46 | BLUEFLY INC | 0.1% | $3.5m | 4,860,115 | 0% | held | |
| 47 | COVIDIEN LTD | 0.1% | $3.0m | 84,000 | – | new | |
| 48 | CRUS CIRRUS LOGIC INC | Technology | 0.1% | $3.0m | 1,106,666 | – | new |
| 49 | INC | 0.1% | $2.6m | 89,630 | 49% | added | |
| 50 | EMULEX CORP | 0.1% | $2.6m | 372,666 | -83% | reduced |
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.