Simons-Founded Renaissance Technologies Buys Apple, Closes Facebook, Trims McDonald's In Q4

In the hedge fund’s latest 13-F filing, the Jim Simons-founded Renaissance Technologies disclosed changes to its holdings that occurred during Q4 of 2014.

Here’s a list of some of the moves the fund made to its largest positions during the quarter.

• Increased position in Accenture PLC Ireland Class A CAN from 667,600 shares to 1,306,200 shares
• Increased position in Actavis PLC ACT from 128,162 shares to 454,162 shares
• Increased position in Agilent Technologies Inc A from 187,500 shares to 1,315,200 shares
• Reduced position in Alaska Air Group Inc ALK from 8,948,200 shares to 7,811,600 shares
• Reduced position in Allegiant Travel Co (NASDAQ: ALGT) from 1,381,600 shares to 1,373,500 shares
• Increased position in Allergan Inc AGN from 193,595 shares to 297,860 shares
• Increased position in Allison Transmission Hldgs ALSN from 1,071,600 shares to 1,900,300 shares
• Increased position in Amdocs Ltd DOX from 3,466,600 shares to 3,911,500 shares
• -Increased position in American Electric Power Inc AEP from 202,100 shares to 1,072,400 shares
• Increased position in American Tower Corp AMT from 352,939 shares to 710,339 shares
• Increased position in American Water Works Co AWK from 624,200 shares to 1,000,200 shares
• Increased position in AmerisourceBergen Corp ABC from 359,800 shares to 1,545,700 shares
• Increased position in Amgen Inc AMGN from 268,445 shares to 470,445 shares
• Acquired position in Apple Inc AAPL totaling 1,754,633 shares
• Increased position in Arris Group Inc ARRS from 2,166,220 shares to 2,192,120 shares
• Reduced position in Applied Materials Inc AMAT from 4,995,198 shares to 3,917,348 shares
• Reduced position in Arch Capital Group Ltd ACGL from 1,147,100 shares to 804,300 shares
• Reduced position in Aspen Technology Inc (NASDAQ: AZPN) from 2,460,600 shares to 1,890,800 shares
• Increased position in AstraZeneca PLC AZN from 1,847,100 shares to 2,287,900 shares
• Reduced position in AT&T Inc T from 1,740,004 shares to 469,800 shares
• Increased position in Autozone Inc AZO from 136,900 shares to 159,400 shares
• Increased position in Bank of America Corp BAC from 6,855,866 shares to 11,451,166 shares
• Increased position in CR Bard Inc BCR from 542,100 shares to 898,900 shares
• Increased position in Barrick Bold Corp ABX from 6,408,803 shares to 13,922,603 shares
• Decreased position in BCE Inc BCE from 2,900,534 shares to 2,462,600 shares
• -ncreased position in Becton Dickinson & Co BDX from 2,198,100 shares to 2,648,700 shares
• Decreased position in Brinker Intl Inc EAT from 1,993,900 shares to 1,432,400 shares
• Decreased position in BT Group PLC BT from 1,730,400 shares to 1,677,400 shares
• Increased position in CBOE Hldgs Inc CBOE from 3,618,100 shares to 3,748,400 shares
• Increased position in Chipotle Mexican Grill CMG from 213,600 shares to 307,200 shares
• Increased position in Colgate Palmolive Co CL from 11,022,700 shares to 12,575,400 shares
• Increased position in Costco Wholesale Corp COST from 1,554,913 shares to 1,955,213 shares
• Increased position in Domino’s Pizza Inc DPZ from 3,355,100 shares to 3,607,800 shares
• Reduced position in Exxon Mobil Corp XOM from 1,858,791 shares to 217,191 shares
• Liquidated stake in Facebook Inc FB
• Reduced position in GlaxoSmithKline Plc GSK from 6,827,600 shares to 6,006,800 shares
• Reduced position in Hershey Co (NYSE: HSY) from 4,913,500 shares to 4,306,600 shares
• Reduced position in Linear Technology Corp LLTC from 11,192,000 shares to 9,985,700 shares
• Reduced position in McDonalds Corp MCD from 6,875,100 shares to 3,842,600 shares
• Reduced position in Novo-Nordisk A/S NVO from 16, 106,100 shares to 15,614,600 shares
• Decreased position in Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd TSM from 21,506,551 shares to 15,607,071 shares
• Liquidated position in TW Telecom Inc TWTC

These changes to Renaissance Technologies’ holdings that occurred during Q4 are merely some of the many adjustments the fund made to its portfolio. The fund’s full 13-F filing can be found here.