por admin » Mié Sep 22, 2010 9:17 pm
Quienes perdieron plata con las acciones de Adobe?
Adobe: Which Hedgies Might Have Ridden Stock Over Cliff?
By Matt Phillips
EverettJust so you know, Adobe is still getting hammered, down about 19%.
And as schadenfreude is such a popular pastime in the markets, we figured we’d point out which hedgies have reported large positions in the stock relatively recently.
Of course, it’s impossible to tell you if these hedgies are still hanging onto all of their shares today. Hedge funds report their holdings quarterly, so positions can change in the weeks between their SEC filings.
Still, at any rate, here are some of the better-known hedge funds that had large positions in the stock at the end of the second quarter, according to Factset’s Lionshares.
Tiger Management alumnus O. Andreas Halvorsen’s Viking Global Investors — 11,408,833 shares, valued at $375.8 million as of yesterday.
Another ex-Tiger Management investor Lee Ainslie’s Maverick Capital Ltd. — 8,418,813 shares, valued at $277.3 million.
Boston-based Adage Capital Advisors — 2,014,100 shares, valued at $66.3 million.
Alan Fournier’s Pennant Capital Management — 1,963,414 shares, valued $64.7 million.
Oh, and we know it’s unlikely that you’re feeling too bad for these folks. But if you are, we would direct you to this Economist post, which contains an interesting data point culled from a new paper on CEO pay:
In 2004, nine times as many Wall Street investors earned in excess of $100 million as public company CEOs. In fact, the top twenty-five hedge fund managers combined appear to have earned more than all five hundred S&P 500 CEOs combined (both realized and ex ante). This trend accelerated after 2004. In 2007, it is likely that the top five hedge fund managers earned more than all five hundred S&P 500 CEOs combined.