- Baupost Group took new stakes in Altice USA ( NYSE: ATUS ), with a 3.88M shares, and in Herbalife Nutrition ( NYSE: HLF ), with 2.00M shares, during the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2022, according to its latest 13F filing. Overall, the firm run by Seth Klarman increased its bets on tech companies and reduced its exposure to health-related stocks.
- The hedge fund run by Seth Klarman exited stakes in Dropbox ( NASDAQ: DBX ), Encompass Health ( NYSE: EHC ), and Enhabit ( NYSE: EHAB ).
- The firm increased stakes in Fidelity National Information Services ( NYSE: FIS ) to 2.16M shares from 615K in the prior quarter; in Meta Platforms ( NASDAQ: META ) to 1.73M shares from ~689K shares; Google parent Alphabet ( NASDAQ: GOOG ) to 3.99M shares from ~1.38M shares; and Amazon ( NASDAQ: AMZN ) to 990K shares from 248K.
- Reduced its stakes in Nuvation Bio ( NYSE: NUVB ) to ~4.81M shares from 10.4M shares, ( NASDAQ: FISV ), in Qorvo ( NASDAQ: QRVO ) to 5.73M shares from ~6.78M, and in Theravance Biopharma ( NASDAQ: TBPH ) to 11.4M shares from 13.4M, according to the filing .
- Earlier in February, Klarman blamed the Fed's response to the 2008 financial crisis for the markets' volatility in 2022
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Seth Klarman's Baupost adds Herbalife, Altice USA, exits Dropbox, Enhabit