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Soros Fund Management 13F holdings, Q4 2008

Family officeSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2008-12-31, filed 2009-02-17

Soros Fund Management disclosed 86 US equity positions worth $4.4bn in its Q4 2008 13F filing. Its largest position is PBR at 21.0% of the reported book, followed by POT1EUR and MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC. Versus Q3 2008 it opened 32 new positions, added to 28, reduced 14 and exited 30.

$4.4bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
86
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
21.0%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
66.5%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
13
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 2008: 32 new, 28 added, 14 reduced, 30 exited

50 of 86
PBR PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S AEnergy21.0%$920m37.55m+71%added
POT1EUR POTASH CORP SASK INC–9.9%$434m5.93m+77%added
MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC no ticker–6.2%$270m23.18m–new
BBY BEST BUY INCConsumer Cyclical6.1%$267m9.51m+1638%added
HES HESS CORP–5.0%$219m4.08m+95%added
LSI CORPORATION NT 4%10 no ticker–4.1%$181m192.25m+96%added
COP CONOCOPHILLIPSEnergy4.0%$177m3.42m+100%added
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP 3.125%27 no ticker–3.9%$172m186.89m+3015%added
RF MICRODEVICES INC CV 1.5%10 no ticker–3.6%$156m188.29m+29%added
MERCURY COMPUTER SYS CV 2%24 no ticker–2.7%$118m119.69m0.0%held
DIGITAL RIV INC CV 1.25%24 no ticker–2.5%$110m109.98m+686%added
OMNICOM GROUP INC LYON ZERO 31 no ticker–2.2%$95.6m96.00m–new
RF MICRODEVICES INC CV0.75%12 no ticker–2.0%$88.6m169.57m+28%added
RED HAT INC CV 0.5%24 no ticker–1.9%$85.3m85.33m+52%added
MACROVISION CORP CV2.625%11 no ticker–1.9%$85.0m110.25m+139%added
MCDATA CORP CV 2.25%10 no ticker–1.9%$84.9m92.91m+17%added
UNP UNION PACIFIC CORPIndustrials1.9%$81.8m1.71m–new
AGERE SYS INC CV 6.5%09 no ticker–1.8%$80.2m80.80m+3.6%added
ARCH COAL INC no ticker–1.8%$78.7m4.83m+68%added
SLB SLB LIMITEDEnergy1.6%$72.2m1.71m+213%added
AUDIOCODES LTD CV 2%24 no ticker–1.5%$67.1m70.05m−41%reduced
DESARROLLADORA HOMEX S A DE no ticker–1.4%$63.1m2.76m–new
TECH DATA CORP CV 2.75%26 no ticker–1.3%$56.7m75.12m+370%added
SYMMETRICOM INC NT CV 25 no ticker–0.8%$37.1m46.41m+2.2%added
FLEXTRONICS INTL LTD CV 1%10 no ticker–0.8%$35.0m40.41m–new
CYMER INC CV 3.5%09 no ticker–0.7%$30.5m30.50m+67%added
INC no ticker–0.6%$28.5m4.08m0.0%held
HO1 HOLOGIC INC–0.6%$26.3m2.01m–new
INC no ticker–0.6%$25.1m1.15m–new
HEINZ H J CO no ticker–0.6%$24.4m650,000–new
JBLU JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPIndustrials0.5%$24.0m3.38m−26%reduced
HD HOME DEPOT INCConsumer Cyclical0.5%$23.8m1.04m–new
LOW LOWES COS INCConsumer Cyclical0.5%$23.6m1.10m–new
AVNET INC CV 34 no ticker–0.4%$15.9m16.00m–new
INFORMATICA CORP CV 3%26 no ticker–0.3%$14.8m15.77m–new
LSCC LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPTechnology0.3%$13.1m8.67m+5.6%added
GLOBAL SHIP LEASE INC NEW no ticker–0.2%$10.7m3.75m0.0%held
RF MICRODEVICES INC CV 1%14 no ticker–0.2%$7.8m22.82m–new
MRCY MERCURY SYS INCIndustrials0.1%$6.0m955,172−5.7%reduced
M Macy's, IncConsumer Cyclical0.1%$5.9m571,000–new
DAL DELTA AIR LINES INCIndustrials0.1%$5.7m498,500–new
BRASL no ticker–0.1%$5.0m77,250+24%added
DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP INC no ticker–0.09%$3.8m231,475+109%added
ALLOS THERAPEUTICS INC no ticker–0.09%$3.7m611,3530.0%held
HEWLETT PACKARD CO no ticker–0.08%$3.6m100,000–new
BLUEFLY INC no ticker–0.08%$3.5m4.86m0.0%held
COVIDIEN LTD no ticker–0.07%$3.0m84,000–new
CRUS CIRRUS LOGIC INCTechnology0.07%$3.0m1.11m–new
LENDER PROCESSING SVCS INC no ticker–0.06%$2.6m89,630+49%added
EMULEX CORP no ticker–0.06%$2.6m372,666−83%reduced

Exited since Q3 2008

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IYR ISHARES TR2.4%$80.5m
POWERSHARES QQQ TRUST no ticker2.3%$77.8m
AUXILIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker1.0%$33.7m
WHITING PETE CORP NEW no ticker0.8%$26.4m
CHKEUR CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP0.6%$20.8m
RADISYS CORP CV1.375%23 no ticker0.6%$19.9m
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORP no ticker0.6%$18.9m
BUFFALO WILD WINGS INC no ticker0.6%$18.8m
ANHEUSER BUSCH COS INC no ticker0.4%$13.0m
COMPNIA VALE DO RIO DOCE no ticker0.3%$9.4m
BAC BANK OF AMER CORP0.1%$4.1m
SID COMPANHIA SIDERURGICA NACION0.1%$3.4m
CORP NEW no ticker0.09%$3.1m
ETR ENTERGY CORP NEW0.08%$2.8m
SUNTRUST BKS INC no ticker0.08%$2.7m
GENERAL GROWTH PPPTYS IN no ticker0.07%$2.2m
INTERSIL CORP no ticker0.06%$2.1m
KIM KIMCO RLTY CORP0.06%$2.1m
BNY BANK OF NY MELLON CORP0.06%$1.9m
CSG SYS INTL INC no ticker0.05%$1.8m
HSN INC no ticker0.05%$1.6m
TICKETMASTER no ticker0.04%$1.4m
TEKELEC no ticker0.03%$979k
GATX GATX CORP0.03%$874k
ECHO ECHOSTAR CORP0.02%$615k
EXTR EXTREME NETWORKS0.02%$576k
RDS RADISYS CORP0.01%$318k
MEDIVATION INC no ticker0.01%$265k
ITT CORP NEW no ticker0.01%$222k
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC0.01%$203k

Sector mix

  • Unclassified62.6%
  • Energy26.7%
  • Consumer Cyclical7.3%
  • Industrials2.7%
  • Technology0.5%
  • Financial Services0.1%
  • Communication Services0.02%
  • Basic Materials0.0%

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