Stephen Mandel's Lone Pine Capital disclosed in an SEC filing its holdings as of December 31, 2018. The fund's six new buys during the fourth quarter included, by size of position, Booking (BKNG), Mastercard (MA), Tiffany (TIF), Autodesk (ADSK), and Salesforce (CRM). Lone Pine exited six positions in the quarter, including by size of previous position Alphabet (GOOG), Electronic Arts (EA), Nvidia (NVDA), First Data (FDC), Union Pacific (UNP), and FleetCor (FLT). The fund increased its stake in six holdings, including by size of previous position Amazon (AMZN), Facebook (FB), UnitedHealth (UNH), CSX (CSX), Constellation Brands (STZ), and TransUnion (TRU). Lone Pine reduced its stake in 10 positions, including by size of previous position Alibaba (BABA), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Microsoft (MSFT), MercadoLibre (MELI), and Adobe (ADBE). The fund's top holdings as of December 31, in order of size, were Adobe, Amazon, Microsoft, Iqvia (IQV), and UnitedHealth.
George Soros' Soros Fund Management disclosed in an SEC filing its holdings as of December 31, 2018. The fund's 36 new buys in the fourth quarter included, by size of position, Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF), IShares Russell 1000 ETF (AMCA), Philip Morris (PM), Verizon (VZ), Red Hat (RHT), Conagra (CAG), Energizer (ENR), Bunge (BG), ServiceNow (NOW), and IAC/InterActiveCorp (IAC). The fund exited 54 positions during the quarter, including by size of previous position Microsoft (MSFT), IShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM), Spotify (SPOT), Devon Energy (DVN), Micron (MU), Apple (AAPL), IDT (IDTI), and Alibaba (BABA). Soros Fund increased its stake in 17 holdings, including by size of previous position T-Mobile (TMUS), Mondelez (MDLZ), McCormick (MKC), NRG Energy (NRG), and UnitedHealth (UNH). The fund reduced its stake in 71 holdings, including by size of previous position Caesars (CZR), VICI Properties (VICI), Intelsat (I), Tribune Media (TRCO), and AT&T (T). The fund's top holdings as of December 31, in order of size, were Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), VICI Properties, Caesars, Mondelez, and Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund.
Leon Cooperman's Omega Advisors disclosed in a regulatory filing its holdings as of December 31, 2018. Omega exited 38 positions during the quarter, including by size of previous position, Sinclair Broadcast (SBGI), Keane Group (FRAC), PVH Corp. (PVH), Adobe (ADBE) and Dish (DISH). Omega increased its stake in six holdings, including by size, Cigna (CI), CVS Health (CVS), Mr. Cooper (COOP), THL Credit (TCRD) and Marathon Petroleum (MPC). The fund reduced its stake in 24 holdings, including United Continental (UAL), AMC Networks (AMCX), First Data (FDC), Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOGL) and Nabors Industries (NBR). Omega's top holdings as of December 31, in order of size, were United Continental, Alphabet, Nielsen (NLSN), Ashland (ASH) and CVS Health (CVS).
Chase Coleman's Tiger Global disclosed in an SEC filing its holdings as of December 31, 2018. Tiger's four new buys during the fourth quarter included, by size of position, StoneCo (STNE), Elastic NV (ESTC), and SolarWinds (SWI). Tiger exited six positions during the quarter, including by size of previous position, Apple (AAPL), Twitter (TWTR), Twilio (TWLO), and MongoDB (MDB). Tiger increased its stake in thirteen holdings, including by size of previous position, Eventbrite (EB), Adobe (ADBE), FleetCor (FLT), and TransDigm (TDG). Tiger reduced its stake in 22 holdings, including by size of previous position, Amazon (AMZN), Booking Holdings (BKNG), Alibaba (BABA), and Netflix (NFLX). Tiger's top holdings as of December 31, 2018, in order of size, were Spotify (SPOT), Microsoft (MSFT), JD.com (JD), Amazon, and Apollo Global (APO).
Zendesk (ZEN) announced the appointment of three new executives to its growing leadership team. Joining the company are Elisabeth Zornes, former general manager of global support for Microsoft Office (MSFT), as Zendesk's first chief customer officer; former Adobe (ADBE) executive Colleen Berube as chief information officer; and former Salesforce (CRM) executive Shawna Wolverton as senior vice president, product management.
Barry Rosenstein's Jana Partners disclosed in a regulatory filing its holdings as of December 31, 2018. Jana made eight new buys during the fourth quarter, including, by size of position, Centene (CNC), Synopsys (SNPS), Salesforce (CRM), Worldpay (WP) and MasterCard (MA). Jana exited 23 positions during the quarter, including by size of previous position, Electronic Arts (EA), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Alibaba (BABA), Agilent (A) and Hain Celestial (HAIN). Jana increased its stake in nine holdings, including by size, Conagra Brands (CAG), New Oriental Education (EDU), Microsoft (MSFT), Carvana (CVNA), Tiffany (TIF) and Adobe (ADBE). The fund reduced its stake in 12 holdings, including by size Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), HD Supply (HDS), Apple (AAPL), Exact Sciences (EXAS), Falcon Minerals (FLMN) and First Data (FDC). Jana's top holdings as of December 31, in order of size, were Conagra, Zimmer Biomet, HD Supply, Tiffany and Jack in the BOX (JACK).
HubSpot (HUBS) announced that Microsoft's (MSFT) LinkedIn ads are now available in the Professional and Enterprise tiers of Marketing Hub as part of the HubSpot Ads tool. Connecting LinkedIn ads account to HubSpot is aimed at enabling customers to target ads at their ideal customer across the entire buyer's journey.
