Stocks Leading Absolute Returns’ Portfolios Have Good Dividend Yields

Over the past days hedge funds have been filing their form 13-F, which is a quarterly report of equity holdings by filed institutional investment managers with at least $100 million in equity assets under management, as required by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In this article, let´s concentrate in one particular hedge fund and try to see the principal changes in its portfolio. I will look into Absolute Return Investors LLC which is a U.S.-based hedge, led by Jonathan Goodman.

Recently the fund reported its equity portfolio, as at the end of last year. The total value of the portfolio amounted to $9.1 billion, up from $7.2 billion disclosed at the end of the previous quarter. Consequently, the fund's total return was 20.82% in the last quarter. The filing revealed that at the end of last year, the fund added 160 new positions to its equity portfolio, and sold out of 99 other companies. The top ten portfolio holdings as of the end of the quarter represented 12.63%.

Source: Guru Focus

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