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