Natera's position significantly increased by 80.61% compared to the previous quarter. Druckenmiller also established new positions in Broadcom, banks, and pharmaceutical stocks, while completely liquidating News Corp and telecom company Liberty Global, and reducing shareholding in microsoft.
By opening positions in bank stocks and pharmaceutical stocks, liquidating news stocks, and significantly increasing positions in top-weighted stocks, what signal is being conveyed?
Legendary investor and founder of Duquesne Capital, Stanley Druckenmiller, revealed the third-quarter holdings report of the globally top-tier family office Duquesne Family Office as of September 30, 2024.
The document shows that the third-quarter holdings of Duquesne Family Office had a total market value of $2.95 billion, an increase of $30 million from the previous quarter. In terms of trading changes, the fund established positions in 33 stocks, increased holdings in 11 stocks, reduced holdings in 20 stocks, and liquidated 22 stocks. Among these, the top ten holdings represent 62.64% of the total market value.
Specifically, as of the third quarter, Druckenmiller's investment portfolio includes 75 stocks. Major holdings consist of 15.34% in Natera stocks, 9.73% in Coupang stocks, 8.97% in Coherent stocks, 6.15% in Woodward stocks, and 6.09% in Seagate Technology stocks, spanning 11 industries including technology, medical care, and cyclical consumer goods.
In this quarter, Druckenmiller continued to add positions to the 'top-weighted stock' clinical genetic testing company Natera, increasing by 1.592 million shares to 3.57 million shares, a significant 80.61% increase from the previous quarter; Coupang is the second-largest holding, with 11.7 million shares and a 6.61% increase in position compared to the previous quarter.
In addition to significantly increasing positions in Natera, Druckenmiller also made a substantial purchase of 0.245 million shares of tobacco giant Philip Morris International, holding 1.135 million shares, a 27.58% increase from the previous quarter.
Open positions in banks and pharmaceuticals, close positions in News Corporation.
According to the holding documents, Drew McKibben newly bought Broadcom, various bank stocks and ETFs, as well as some pharmaceutical stocks, and closed positions in News Corporation and Liberty Global.
In the third quarter, Drew McKibben opened positions in SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF, regional bank stocks of Huntington Bancshares, First Horizon, and KeyCorp. In addition, the fund also opened positions in Teva Pharmaceutical and Verona Pharma among other stocks.
At the same time, Drew McKibben closed positions in News Corporation's Class A and B shares, as well as telecommunication company Liberty Global's Class A and C shares.
From the change in holding proportions, Drew McKibben's top five new buy symbols are: Natera, SPDR Standard & Poor's Regional Banking ETF, Coupang, Philip Morris, and Broadcom; while the top five symbols sold include: Vistra Energy, Microsoft, Kinder Morgan, Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc, and ZoomInfo Technologies.