Wall Street Folly

According to Atticus Capital’s Tim Barakett’s letter to investors regarding the closing of the funds that he manages (Atticus Global, Ltd. and Atticus Global, LP):

My decision is solely a personal one. After fifteen years of being singularly focused on building and managing Atticus, I believe it is time to reassess my future. I intend to spend more time with my family, pursue my philanthropic interests and establish a family office to manage my own capital and charitable foundation.

Here’s our translation: I had a crappy 2008 and what with that pesky high water mark where I’d have to work for free, I’m packing it in so that I can spend more time with my family, yadda, yadda. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 13F Chart Study, Atticus Capital, Hedge funds, high water marks, liquidations, Tim Barakett

And assets under management, $7.8 billion at the end of June ‘08, have reportedly dropped to $1.9 billion. According to the NY Post: Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 13F Chart Study, Clarium Capital, Hedge funds, Peter Thiel

Here’s the 13F Chart study for Carl Icahn updated for Q1 2009.

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Here’s the 13F Chart study for Eric Mindich’s Eton Park Capital updated for Q1 2009.

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Here’s the 13F Chart study for Greenlight Capital updated for Q1 2009 (priced as of 6/01/09). As always, keep in mind that the 13F filing is a snapshot at 3/31/09, and there may portfolio changes since then:

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Tags: 13F, 13F Chart Study, David Einhorn, Greenlight Capital, Hedge funds

Here’s the 13F Chart study for Baupost updated for Q1 2009 (priced as of 6/01/09).  As always, keep in mind that the 13F filing is a snapshot at 3/31/09, and there may portfolio changes since then:

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Tags: 13F Chart Study, Baupost, Hedge funds, Seth Klarman

Here’s the 13F Chart study for Berkshire Hathaway updated for Q1 2009 (priced as of 6/1/09)

As always, keep in mind that the 13F filing is a snapshot at 3/31/09, and there may portfolio changes since then:

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Tags: 13F Chart Study, Berkshire Hathaway, Charts, Warren Buffett

So what equities did Art Samberg’s Pequot Capital report in their 13F as of 3/31/09?  Here’s the chart study for their 13F filing dated 3/31/09. Given that they’re now in liquidation mode, we thought it was particularly relevant:

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Tags: 13F Charts, Art Samberg, Charts, Hedge funds, liquidations, Pequot Capital, SEC

Here’s the 13F Chart study for Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway updated as of 3/31/09.

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Tags: 13F, 13F Charts, Berkshire Hathaway, Charts, investing, investor, Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett

Here’s the 13F Chart study for Art Samberg’s Pequot Capital updated for Q4 2008 (priced as of 3/3/09).

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Tags: 13F Charts, Art Samberg, Charts, Hedge funds, Pequot Capital

Here’s the 13F Chart study for Dan Loeb’s Third Point Management updated for Q4 2008 (priced as of 3/5/09).

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Tags: 13F Charts, Charts, Dan Loeb, Hedge funds, Third Point

Here’s the 13F Chart study for Dave Tepper’s Appaloosa Management updated for Q4 2008 (priced as of 3/5/09).

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Tags: 13F Charts, Appaloosa, Charts, Dave Tepper, Hedge funds

Here’s the 13F Chart study for T. Boone Pickens’ BP Capital updated for Q4 2008 (priced as of 3/3/09).

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Tags: 13F Charts, Boone Pickens, BP Capital, Charts, Hedge funds

Here’s the 13F Chart study for Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital updated for Q4 2008 (priced as of 3/3/09). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 13F Charts, Activist Investing, Bill Ackman, Hedge funds, Pershing Square

Here’s the 13F Chart study for John Griffin’s Blue Ridge Capital updated for Q4 2008 (priced as of 3/3/09).

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Tags: 13F Charts, Blue Ridge Capital, Charts, Hedge funds

Here’s the 13F Chart study for Tom Steyer’s Farallon Capital updated for Q4 2008 (priced as of 3/3/09).

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Here’s the 13F Chart study for Noam Gottesman’s / Emmanuel Roman’s GLG Partners updated for Q4 2008 (priced as of 3/3/09).

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Tags: 13F Charts, Charts, GLG Partners, Hedge funds

Here’s the 13F Chart study for Barry Rosenstein’sJana Partners updated for Q4 2008 (priced as of 3/3/09).

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Tags: 13F Charts, Charts, Hedge funds, Jana Partners

Here’s the 13F Chart study for Tim Barakett’s Atticus Capital updated for Q4 2008 (priced as of 3/3/09).

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Tags: 13F Charts, Atticus, Charts, Hedge funds

Here’s the 13F Chart study for Dan Och’s OZ Management updated for Q4 2008.

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Tags: 13F Charts, Charts, Dan Och, Hedge funds, Och Ziff

Here’s the 13F Chart study for Richard Perry’s Perry Capital updated for Q4 2008.

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Tags: 13F Charts, Charts, Hedge funds, Perry Capital, Richard Perry

Here’s the 13F Chart study for Peter Thiel’s Clarium Capital updated for Q4 2008.

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Here’s the 13F Chart study for Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group updated for Q4 2008.

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Here’s the 13F Chart study for Eric Mindich’s Eton Park Capital updated for Q4 2008.

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Here’s the 13F Chart study for George Soros’ Soros Fund Management updated for Q4 2008.

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