As the year draws to a close, it is an opportunity to look at the investments being made by strategic money managers and what they are expecting to see from their capital moves. Tracking the recent quarterly activity of hedge funds that have taken large positions in particular companies or those that have expanded long-standing positions, allows us to highlight the bullish signals indicating a company’s prospects for yielding significant returns.
U.S. News and World Report published their list of 2022’s top hedge funds. The list included the “usual suspects”: Scion Capital Management LLC (Michael Burry of The Big Short fame), Citadel LLC (Ken Griffin), Bridgewater Associates LLC (Ray Dalio), Renaissance Technologies LLC (Jim Simons), and Elliott Investment Management LP (Paul Singer).
Modeling billionaire investors makes a lot of sense; they have proven results and loads of experience. But there is also a backlog. The data is often retrospective in nature. A hedge fund only files the 13F typically six weeks after the quarter has concluded, which leaves a big window for managers to offload.
