This article is part of a series that provides an ongoing analysis of the changes made to John Paulson's 13F stock portfolio on a quarterly basis. It is based on Paulson's regulatory 13F Form filed on 05/15/2018. Please visit our Tracking John Paulson's Paulson & Co. Portfolio series to get an idea of his investment philosophy and our previous update for the fund's moves during Q4 2017.
This quarter, Paulson's 13F portfolio value decreased ~11% from $5.12B to $4.57B. There are 51 13F securities in the portfolio although only 36 of them are significantly large