Billionaire investor and liberal activist George Soros has been known for investing moves that have succeeded wildly—and also for ones gone horribly wrong.
Chalk up three recent moves in his win column.
Soros Fund Management, which Soros founded and chairs, exited social-network giant Facebook (FB) completely in the third quarter, while also slashing positions in Netflix stock (NFLX) and Goldman Sachs Group stock (GS). Those three stocks have tumbled in the fourth quarter so far, with Facebook and Goldman setting new lows Tuesday. They are down almost 20% and 15%, respectively, so far this quarter. Highflying streaming-content giant Netflix has tumbled almost 29% since the end of September.
Soros saved a chunk of cash by selling: Barron’s estimates that, had he maintained positions in those stocks, he would have unrealized losses of about $17.7 million so far in the fourth quarter.
Soros Fund Management revealed the investment changes in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission last week. The firm declined to comment on its trades. The fact that Soros Fund Management sold its entire Facebook position doesn’t necessarily mean Soros isn’t still invested in the company through personal holdings or other means, or that his fund hasn’t bought any Facebook stock since the start of the fourth quarter.
While selling Facebook, Netflix, and Goldman stock, Soros Fund Management initiated positions in Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) and Micron Technology (MU), according to the filing.
F10 … .+4.84%, dropped 7% from last week
AAPL…+6.70%, dropped 12% from last week
GOOG…+12.05%, AAPL now dropped more than GOOG
AMZN…+58.78%, dropped 10% from last week
NFLX…+54.87%, dropped 16% from last week
DimSum…-11.54%, dropped by 2% from last week
This is a competition to see who drop less So far DimSum is dropping a lot less.
Now only 4 stocks are showing positive appreciation since Aug 28, 2017.
So far DimSum is dropping a lot less.
