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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UPDATE: Paulson's Paulson & Co. Boosts Cigna (CI), J&J (JNJ) Stakes in Q2; Sells McKesson (MCK), Pfizer (PFE) - 13F
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Soros Fund Management slashes gold stake in second quarter
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Paulson's Paulson Advantage funds each dropped 15% in Q1 - Bloomberg
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Paulson & Co. Entered Aetna (AET), Perrigo (PRGO), Sold Valeant (VRX), T-Mobile (TMUS) in Q3 - 13F
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Paulson's Paulson & Co. Sells Out of Zillow (Z), Popular (BPOP), Boosts Post (POST), Mylan (MYL) Positions in Q2 - 13F
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Two Hedge Fund Giants Won't Give up on Gold (GLD) (IAU)
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Paulson & Co's 13F Shows New Stakes AIG (AIG), Computer Sciences (CSC), Interxion (INXN), Liquidated Alibaba (BABA) ...
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Paulson & Co. Shows New Stakes in Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP), Spansion (SPAN), Talisman (TLM); Exits AbbVie (ABBV) (more...)
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Paulson & Co. Takes New Stakes in Alibaba (BABA), AbbVie (ABBV); Exits CBS (CBS), Questcor (QCOR)
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Paulson's Paulson & Co. 13F Shows New Stakes in Allergan (AGN), DIRECTV (DTV), Raises Dollar General (DG)
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Paulson's Paulson & Co. Shows New Stakes in CBS (CBS), Dollar General (DG), Verizon (VZ)
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UPDATE: Paulson & Co. Hedge Funds Rallied in February (GLD)
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Paulson & Co Enters American Airlines (AAL), Extended Stay America (STAY), GM (GM) (more...)
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Gold is Dead Money as Sentiment Wanes
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UPDATE: Paulson Tells Clients Wouldn't Add More Gold to Fund - Bloomberg
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Gold benchmarks said to be under review by U.K. as probe widens - Bloomberg (GLD) (IAU)
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Hedge Fund Giant Paulson Roars Back; Most Funds Have Double-Digit Gains in FY13
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For Paulson, Gold has Lost Its Luster (GLD)
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UPDATE: Paulson Gold Fund Down 13% in May, 54% YTD (GLD)
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Soros, Others Dump Gold as Metal No Longer 'Safe Haven'
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Hedgies Betting on Lower Gold Prices as Slump Continues (GLD) (IAU)
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Buyers Rush Into Gold During Record April Slump; Some Weren't So Happy
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Paulson: Still in Gold, Still Loving it (GLD) (IAU)
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Paulson Advantage Funds Perform Well Through Q113; Gold, Not So Much
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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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UPDATE: Morgan Stanley (MS) Said to Be Dropping Six Paulson Funds - 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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Investors and Hedge Funds Hang on Tight as Gold Sets Up for 2nd-Half Rally (GLD) (IAU) (SLV)
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UPDATE: Citigroup Dumps Paulson Hedge Fund
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Gold Prices Volatile as Hedge Funds, Banks, Billionaires Play Tug-of-War
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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's Flagship Fund Hampered by Dip in Gold, Erases FY11 Gains
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Paulson & Co. Trims Some Gold (GLD) and Exits Banks in a Big Way (BAC) (C) (WFC)
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Paulson Suffers Through Further Losses in December
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Gold's Biggest Bull Gets Taken to Cleaners in December (GLD)
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Einhorn's Greenlight Gets It Done in November, Now Up 4% This Year
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Paulson's Paulson & Co. Releases Q3 2011 13F
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Gold in FREE FALL; Hedge Fund Liquidation Rumors Rampant
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 08/16: (VXX) (RTH) (GLD) Higher; (UNG) (XLF) (USO) Lower
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Paulson & Co. Slashes Stake in BofA (BAC), Citigroup (C); Shows New Stakes in Mosaic (MOS) and News Corp (NWSA)
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Paulson & Co. Could Be Liquidating Stake in Top Holding SPDR Gold ETF (GLD)
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Is Paulson Feeling a Bit of Remorse Following Large BofA (BAC) Sale?
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Paulson's Paulson & Co Shows New Stakes In Alpha Natural (ANR), Family Dollar (FDO), HP (HP); Raises Transocean (RIG) and Liquidates Pfizer (PFE)
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Paulson's Paulson & Co. Reduces Citi (C) Exposure; Keeps Gold Level; Likes Tech (STX)(RIG)ABX)(JPM)
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Paulson's Paulson & Co. Keeps Gold Rush Alive, Moves Out of Goldman and Increases Citi Stake (C, GS, ABX, APC, XOM, More...)
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John Paulson Shows New Stakes In Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Goldman Sachs (GS), Raises Pfizer (PFE) Stake
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Wall Street Hubbub 7/16: John Paulson Feeling the Pain, Is Blankfein In Goldman's Next Phase, BP's Bounce Done