George Soros Buys Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.Petrobras, AutoZone Inc., InterOil Corp., Sells Arch Coal Inc., Public Service Enterprise Group, PPL Corp.

George Soros Buys Heavily into Oil: Q2 Portfolio

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Aug 16, 2009
George Soros must be very bullish on stocks, he bought a lot, espeically oil. He was already heavily invested in energy stocks, and he bought more. Petroleo Brasileiro alone is accounted for more than 22% of his fund. Soros Fund Management LLC. George Soros owns 211 stocks with a total value of $2.6 billion as of 06/30/2009. These are the details of the buys and sells.

New Purchases: AAP, AAPL, ACGY, ACTI, AET, ALTR, AMT, ARM, AUO, AZO, BAC, BEXP, BGCP, BKC, BNI, BPZ, BRK-A, BRKS, BRY, BSX, CA, CAH, CDNS, CEG, CMCSA, CMCSK, CNI, CNQ, CPN, CSCO, CSE, CSX, CTV, CVG, DAL, DELL, DGI, DISCK, DISH, DOW, DPZ, DRYS, DTV, DYN, ES, EXAR, FIS, FITB, FLEX, FMCN, FMX, FOE, FTE, FTR, FWLT, GBG, GIL, GLW, GTE, GTI, GXP, HNT, HPQ, HUM, HW, IBN, INTC, IOC, IP, IPCS, IT, JPM, LBTYA, LBTYK, LIFE, LIOX, LMDIA, LMT, LPS, LVS, LYV, MDZ, MF, MGAM, MIM, MON, MOT, MSCS, MUR, MVSN, MWA, NABI, NDN, NFX, NG, NOA, NTT, OKE, ORCL, ORLY, OXY, PBR-A, PDLI, PENN, PFE, PM, PVH, PXD, QCOM, RAD, RIG, RSG, SCI, SCMR, SD, SGY, SKF, SKM, SLE, SOA, STI, STLD, SU, TECD, TGT, TIBX, TKTM, TLAB, TMO, TNK, TRI, TWC, TWX, UAM, UNH, V, VCP, VISN, VOD, VZ, WAB, WEN, WLP, XCO, XIDE, XLF, XRTX,

Added Positions: ANV, AYE, CVA, EXTR, HES, HK, IRF, MA, MSFT, PXP, T, TDC, TRA, VMC,

Reduced Positions: CRUS, DPS, GLD, HD, HNZ, LO, LOW, LZ, NAV, NRG, PBR, POT, TDS, WAG, WFT, WMT, WU,

Sold Out: ACI, AEP, ARG, CCK, CMC, COH, COP, DPL, ELX, FORM, FTO, GLRE, KSS, M, NBR, NU, NVE, PEG, PPL, ROC, ROVI, RRD, S, SGI, SJM, TER, UNP, VSH, WY, ZMH,

For the details of George Soros's stock buys and sells, go to the Link Here

This is the sector weightings of George Soros's portfolio:

Technologygreen.gif 5.6%
Financialsgreen.gif 6%
Utilitiesgreen.gif 3.7%
Telecommunicationsgreen.gif 1.9%
Consumer Servicesgreen.gif 10.5%
Health Caregreen.gif 5.6%
Consumer Goodsgreen.gif 1.9%
Industrialsgreen.gif 3.4%
Basic Materialsgreen.gif 10.4%
Oil & Gasgreen.gif 49.3%


These are the top 5 holdings of George Soros

  1. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.Petrobras (PBR) - 9,818,323 shares, 15.42% of the total portfolio
  2. Hess Corp. (HES) - 5,123,198 shares, 10.56% of the total portfolio
  3. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.Petrobras (PBR-A) - 5,884,700 shares, 7.53% of the total portfolio
  4. Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (POT) - 1,978,053 shares, 7.06% of the total portfolio
  5. Plains Exploration & Production Company (PXP) - 6,526,400 shares, 6.84% of the total portfolio