The Least Popular Stocks This 13F Season

Investors looking to understand the holdings or the selling pattern of financial institutions often look to funds' Form 13F filings, which can help astute investors determine which positions they should likewise hold or sell.

Related Link: The Most Popular Stocks This 13 F Season

According to the filings of Form 13 by different financial institutions for the second quarter, the shares either sold in full or in part are given below:

Paulson

Paulson slashed its stake in:

  • Pfizer Inc. PFE.
  • American International Group Inc AIG.
  • T-Mobile US Inc TMUS.

Corvex

Corvex reduced its stake in:

  • Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc VRX.
  • Pfizer.
  • Alphabet Inc GOOG GOOGL.

Kynikos

Chanos' Kynikos showed less interest in:

  • The Carlyle Group LP CG.
  • JD.Com Inc(ADR) JD.
  • KKR & Co. L.P. KKR.

Pershing Square

Perishing Square slashed its stake in Zoetis Inc ZTS.

Soros

Soros dumped the following:

  • Apple Inc. AAPL.
  • Netflix, Inc. NFLX.
  • Gap Inc GPS.
  • Gilead Sciences, Inc. GILD.
  • United Continental Holdings Inc UAL.
  • Synchrony Financial SYF.

Elliot

Elliot reduced its stake in:

  • Pfizer.
  • LivePerson, Inc. LPSN.
  • Fortress Biotech IncFBIO.
  • Interpublic Group of Companies Inc IPG.

Greenlight

Greenlight slashed its position in Apple and liquidated its position in Macy's Inc M.

Berkshire

Berkshire reduced its stake in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. WMT and Deere & Company DE.

Omega

Cooperman's Omega slashed its interest in:

  • Facebook Inc. FB.
  • Microsoft Corporation MSFT.
  • MGM Resorts International MGM.
  • American International Group Inc AIG.
  • AerCap Holdings N.V. AER.
  • Ashland Inc ASH.
  • Chimera Investment Corporation CIM.
  • Navient Corp NAVI.
  • Realogy Holdings Corp RLGY.

The company liquidated its position in Sirius XM Holdings Inc. SIRI.

Jana Partners

Jana Partners dissolved its stake in:

  • TransDigm Group Incorporated TDG.
  • Time Warner Cable Inc TWC.
  • SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) GLD.
  • Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (USA) LGF.
  • Allegan.
  • Pfizer.

It slashed its position in Microsoft.

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