Richard Aster Jr Buys The SherwinWilliams Company, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc., Coach Inc., Sells The Timken Company, Beckman Coulter Inc., Abbott Laboratories

Rick Aster\'s Meridian Fund Q2 Portfolio Update

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Aug 03, 2009
Richard Aster was buying a lot in the second quarter. To him, there is no much difference between growth and value. He is heavily weighted in technologies and industrials. Richard Aster Jr owns 148 stocks with a total value of $2 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells.


Richard Aster Jr buys SOLERA HOLDINGS INC, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc., Coach Inc., Molson Coors Brewing Company, The SherwinWilliams Company, Citrix Systems Inc., Autodesk Inc., Noble Energy Inc., Hologic Inc., GenProbe Inc., Host Hotels & Resorts Inc., Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Newmont Mining Corp., Forest Oil Corp., Cameco Corp., Redwood Trust Inc., Itron Inc., Federated Investors Inc., H&R Block Inc., Sensient Technologies Corp., 3M Company, Harris Corp., Tiffany & Co., sells The Timken Company, Beckman Coulter Inc., Abbott Laboratories, Electronic Arts Inc., Microsoft Corp., Akamai Technologies Inc., BE Aerospace Inc., Briggs & Stratton Corp., Caci International Cla, Cephalon Inc., General Electric Company, Gold Fields Ltd., Intermec Inc., Morgan Stanley, Annaly Capital Management Inc., Pall Corp., Verizon Communications Inc. during the 3-months ended 06/30/2009, according to the most recent filings of his investment company, Meridian Fund. Richard Aster Jr owns 148 stocks with a total value of $2 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells.



New Purchases: ADSK, CCJ, COH, CTXS, FII, FST, GPRO, HOLX, HRB, HRS, HST, ITRI, MMM, NBL, NEM, RBA, RCL, RWT, SHW, SLH, SXT, TAP, TIF,

Added Positions: AMG, AMTD, BAX, BBBY, BBY, BDK, BKC, BLKB, BOH, BR, CCL, CLB, CPRT, FDO, IDC, IDXX, IGT, KSS, MAT, MDT, NUAN, NVDA, SSD, SUN, TRMB, TRV, VMC, WMI,

Reduced Positions: ARG, BCR, CERN, CRI, CVX, GPN, HOG, INTC, KFT, KMR, VRSN,

Sold Out: ABT, AKAM, BEAV, BEC, BGG, CACI, CEPH, ERTS, GE, GFI, IN, MS, MSFT, NLY, PLL, TKR, VZ,

For the details of Richard Aster Jr's stock buys and sells, go to the Link Here


This is the sector weightings of Richard Aster Jr's portfolio:


Technologygreen.gif 21.1%
Financialsgreen.gif 14.8%
Utilitiesgreen.gif 1.1%
Telecommunicationsgreen.gif 0%
Consumer Servicesgreen.gif 14.4%
Health Caregreen.gif 7.2%
Consumer Goodsgreen.gif 8.7%
Industrialsgreen.gif 23.3%
Basic Materialsgreen.gif 2.8%
Oil & Gasgreen.gif 6.6%



These are the top 5 holdings of Richard Aster Jr


  1. Willis Group Holdings Ltd. (WSH) - 2,293,348 shares, 2.98% of the total portfolio
  2. Mattel Inc. (MAT) - 3,275,608 shares, 2.65% of the total portfolio
  3. Zebra Technologies Corp. (ZBRA) - 2,120,873 shares, 2.53% of the total portfolio
  4. Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) - 1,746,595 shares, 2.49% of the total portfolio
  5. Republic Services Inc. (RSG) - 1,468,835 shares, 1.81% of the total portfolio