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Paulson's 13F Shows New Stakes In BAC, LNG, WHQ; Raised Stakes in BSX and Others
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John Paulson's Paulson & Co. released its 13F for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. Paulson is best know for making an estimated $3-$4 billion by betting against the US housing market. Below are his long positions. Many look like merger-arb trades, but there are some interesting tid-bits, like the new BofA stake.
New Positions:
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) 2,732,700 shares
Applera (NYSE: ABI) 7,300,000 shares
Cheniere Energy Inc. (AMEX: LNG) 4,700,000 shares
Clear Channel Communications Inc. (NYSE: CCU) 10,500,000
DR Pepper Snapple (NYSE: DPS) 1,521,824 shares
EDS (NYSE: EDS) 7,004,000 shares
Philip Morris International, Inc. (NYSE: PM) 7,000,000 shares
W-H Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: WHQ) 1,900,000 shares
William Wrigley Jr. Co. (NYSE: WWY) 3,450,000 shares
Raised Stakes:
Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) from 79,382,600 to 84,000,000 shares
Macrovision (Nasdaq: MVSN) from 1,607,300 to 2,189,655 shares
Nymex Holdings (NYSE: NMX) from 1,000,000 to 2,574,500 shares
Lowered Stakes:
Alcoa (NYSE: AA) from 2,159,000 to 0 shares
Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) from 4,537,000 to 0 shares
BCE (NYSE: BCE) from 4,582,200 to 0 shares
Hercules Offshore (Nasdaq: HERO) from 7,531,000 to 2,000,000 shares
Mirant (NYSE: MIR) from 21,107,285 to 19,644,000 shares
NAVTEQ Corp. (NYSE: NVT) from 9,757,400 to 8,848,800 shares
PDL Biopharma (Nasdaq: PDLI) from 5,398,000 to 0 shares
Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) from 50,000,000 shares to 15,000,000 shares
Maintained Positions:
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE: ACS) 348,500 shares
Choicepoint Inc. (NYSE: CPS) 4,000,000 shares
Equity Media Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq: EMDA) 3,352,382 shares
Kinross Gold Corp. (NYSE: KGC) 28,380,800 shares
Tronox Inc. (NYSE: TRX) 2,021,700 shares
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