Paulson & Co. (PCI)
Paulson & Co. (PCI) is an employee owned hedge fund. The fund primarily provides its services to pooled investment vehicles along with accounts for banking or thrift institutions, pension and profit sharing plans, and corporations. The firm invests in the public equity markets while employing merger arbitrage, event-driven, and long/short strategies. The fund was founded in 1994 and is based in New York, New York.
John Paulson is the founder of Paulson & Co. He attended New York University's College of Business and Public Administration and was the Valedictorian of his class. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School. Prior to forming Paulson & Co. he worked at Boston Consulting Group, Odyssey Partners, Bear Stearns and became a general partner at Gruss Partners.
The hedge fund made big headlines in 2008 after John Paulson made an estimated $3-$4 billion for himself by betting against the US housing market.
Paulson & Co.'s biggest positions at the end of 2010 were: SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD), AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (NYSE: AU), Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C), and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC).
View the rest of Paulson & Co.'s portfolio here.
John Paulson is the founder of Paulson & Co. He attended New York University's College of Business and Public Administration and was the Valedictorian of his class. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School. Prior to forming Paulson & Co. he worked at Boston Consulting Group, Odyssey Partners, Bear Stearns and became a general partner at Gruss Partners.
The hedge fund made big headlines in 2008 after John Paulson made an estimated $3-$4 billion for himself by betting against the US housing market.
Paulson & Co.'s biggest positions at the end of 2010 were: SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD), AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (NYSE: AU), Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C), and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC).
View the rest of Paulson & Co.'s portfolio here.
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Paulson & Co. Shows 10.9% Stake in Dex Media (DXM)
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Tag Wins Third Consecutive Marketing Innovation Award for Intel Campaign Work
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Paulson Advantage Funds Perform Well Through Q113; Gold, Not So Much
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Large MetroPCS (PCS) Holder Paulson & Co. Objects to T-Mobile CEO Legere Comments
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John Paulson: I'm Not Moving to Puerto Rico
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John Pauslon Considers Moving to Tax Haven Puerto Rico
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Streetinsider.com's Hot Lunchtime Reads 03/01: (ISRG) (BBY) (AAPL) (HLF) (GRPN)
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Paulson & Co. Thinks MetroPCS (PCS) Would be Better Off as Stand-Alone Firm
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UPDATE: Large Holder Paulson & Co. Would Vote Against MetroPCS (PCS) Merger in Current Structure
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Gold Breaks Down; John Paulson Clings to Holdings, George Soros & Others Pull Out (GLD)
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Paulson's Paulson & Co. Shows New Stakes in Aetna (AET), Alpha Natural (ANR), Mead Johnson (MJN)
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Paulson Sees 68%+ of Upside Locked in AngloGold (AU); May Push for Split
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John Paulson named as defendant in proposed revised ACA complaint - Bloomberg
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Hedge Funds Did Well in FY12, But Did They Outpace Broader Markets?
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UPDATE: Morgan Stanley (MS) Said to Be Dropping Six Paulson Funds - CNBC
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Paulson Advantage Fund Down 3.6% in Nov., 17% YTD - CNBC
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Gold Has Sights on $1800 Prize Heading into Year End
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Paulson's Paulson & Co. Remains Mum on Gold in Q3; Likes Pharmas Again, Drops Out of Viacom
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John Paulson Donates $100M to New York's Central Park Conservancy
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Apollo's (APO) Realogy Holdings (RLGY) to Raise $1.08B in IPO
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Investors and Hedge Funds Hang on Tight as Gold Sets Up for 2nd-Half Rally (GLD) (IAU) (SLV)
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BofA (BAC) to Stick it Out with Paulson Following Interim Call, Amid Performance Issues
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BofA (BAC) Advisors to Grill Hedge Fund Giant Paulson Over Lackluster Performance
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Market Wrap: Boeing Loses Big Order; Salesforce Can't Close; Bullard Says FOMC Irrelevant; Amazon's Exciting Event
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UPDATE: Citigroup Dumps Paulson Hedge Fund
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Paulson Makes Land Grab in Vegas on Housing Recovery Bet
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Market Wrap: Face-book-ing the Music; Full-On Euro Support; Google Fibers-Up
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John Paulson Sees 50% Chance of Euro Break-Up
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Paulson & Co. Lowers Stake in Delphi Automotive PLC (DLPH) to 9.98%
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Tough May Has Hedgies Licking Wounds
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Gold Prices Volatile as Hedge Funds, Banks, Billionaires Play Tug-of-War
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Italian Credit-Default Swaps Explode, Hedge Funds Targeting France Next
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Pre-Open Movers 5/17: (PSOF) (EGHT) (CTRP) Higher; (ROSG) (RRGB) (DNDN) Lower (more..)
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After-Hours Movers 05/16: (ANW) (EGHT) (BYD) (CTRP) Higher; (VNET) (RRGB) (DNDN) (LTD) Lower
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John Paulson at Ira Sohn: Bullish on Caesars (CZR)
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Smart Money Plays the Fool as Gold (GLD) Gets Taken Down a Notch
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Paulson's Paulson & Co. Shows New Stakes in CZR, COV, HCA
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Paulson & Co. Raises Stake in NovaGold Resources (NG) to 12.4%
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Paulson's Flagship Fund Hampered by Dip in Gold, Erases FY11 Gains
