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Glenview Capital (Larry Robbins and Mark Horowitz) discloses updated portfolio positions in 13F filing: New TMUS UNH URI positions 

Highlights from 2019 Q2 filing as compared to Q1 2019: 

• New positions in: TMUS (~1.19 mln shares), UNH (~0.73 mln), URI (~0.42 mln)
• Increased positions in: ENDP (to ~13.8 mln shares from ~8.66 mln shares), BKD (to ~18.43 mln from ~14.54 mln), DVA (to ~3.24 mln from ~1.37 mln), UNVR (to ~5.74 mln from ~4.4 mln), DIS (to ~1.88 mln from ~0.72 mln), HCA (to ~5.05 mln from ~4.24 mln), CNC (to ~1.48 mln from ~0.72 mln) NUAN (to ~5.9 mln from ~5.28 mln), CI (to ~4.96 mln from ~4.38 mln), HUM (to ~1.76 mln from ~1.31 mln)
• Maintained positions in: TAK (~26.43 mln shares), THC (~17.92 mln shares), ESI (~11.69 mln shares), DXC (~10.94 mln shares), LBTYK (~4.56 mln shares), CBS (~4.15 mln shares)
• Closed positions in: HTZ (from ~2.42 mln shares), TSG (from ~1.68 mln)
• Decreased positions in: LTHM (to ~9.29 mln shares from ~11.84 mln shares), NVT (to ~3.24 mln from ~5.58 mln), FMC (to ~7.48 mln from ~9.17 mln), MSFT (to ~0.57 mln from ~1.9 mln), FLEX (to ~19.33 mln from ~20.54 mln), HOLX (to ~9.78 mln from ~10.76 mln), NXPI (to ~2.39 mln from ~3.24 mln), BAX (to ~0.21 mln from ~0.94 mln), ABC (to ~1.63 mln from ~2.18 mln), WMB (to ~7.34 mln from ~7.49 mln), LBTYA (to ~4.66 mln from ~5.2 mln), CAR (to ~3.08 mln from ~3.59 mln), MTOR (to ~7.21 mln from ~7.7 mln), TMO (to ~0.55 mln from ~0.98 mln), MCK (to ~4.51 mln from ~4.92 mln), UHS (to ~1.79 mln from ~2.06 mln), LYB (to ~4.13 mln from ~4.29 mln), ANTM (to ~0.87 mln from ~1.02 mln)

Soros Fund (George Soros) discloses updated portfolio positions in 13F filing: New NLY SYMC EBAY positions 

Highlights from 2019 Q2 filing as compared to Q1 2019: 

• New positions in: NLY (~2.36 mln shares), SYMC (~1.85 mln), QQQ (~1.17 mln), EBAY (~1.07 mln), AGNC (~0.85 mln), EPC (~0.8 mln), CY (~0.55 mln), HOS (~0.5 mln), WORK (~0.5 mln)
• Increased positions in: DNR (to ~6.5 mln shares from ~2.5 mln shares), BGCP (to ~3.57 mln from ~1.48 mln), VICI (to ~20.54 mln from ~19.64 mln), DHI (to ~1.64 mln from ~0.97 mln), KDP (to ~0.97 mln from ~0.5 mln) CELG (to ~0.82 mln from ~0.41 mln), SC (to ~0.71 mln from ~0.5 mln) ETFC (to ~0.65 mln from ~0.46 mln),
• Maintained positions in: LBRDK (~7.25 mln shares), GRFS (~2.13 mln)
• Closed positions in: SIRI (from ~4.21 mln shares), ATUS (from ~1.65 mln), CDAY (from ~1.65 mln), MRVL (from ~1.4 mln), CMCSA (from ~1.1 mln), LGFA (from ~1.05 mln), COTY (from ~1 mln), VIAB (from ~0.85 mln)
• Decreased positions in: CZR (to ~19.04 mln shares from ~24.82 mln shares), MDLZ (to ~1.18 mln from ~1.2 mln), TIVO (to ~0.4 mln from ~1.57 mln), GLIBA (to ~0.09 mln from ~1.15 mln), CAG (to ~1.15 mln from ~1.85 mln), FLMN (to ~0.9 mln from ~1.17 mln), I (to ~0.64 mln from ~0.88 mln), IWB (to ~0.26 mln from ~0.41 mln), MKC (to ~0.18 mln from ~0.26 mln)

Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffett) discloses updated portfolio positions in 13F filing: Increased BAC AMZN USB holdings, lowered CHTR

Highlights from 2019 Q2 filing as compared to Q1 2019:

• Increased positions in: BAC (to ~927.25 mln shares from ~896.17 mln shares), AMZN (to ~0.54 mln from ~0.48 mln), USB (to ~132.46 mln from ~129.31 mln)
• Maintained positions in: WFC (~409.8 mln shares), KO (~400 mln shares), KHC (~325.63 mln shares), AAPL (~249.59 mln shares), AXP (~151.61 mln shares), BK (~80.94 mln shares), GM (~72.27 mln shares), DAL (~70.91 mln shares)
• Decreased positions in: CHTR (to ~5.43 mln shares from ~5.71 mln shares)

Greenlight Capital (David Einhorn ) discloses updated portfolio positions in 13F filing: New CC SGMS KAR positions, decreased VAL GM ATUS AER holdings

Highlights from 2019 Q2 filing as compared to Q1 2019: 

• New positions in: CC (~3.72 mln shares), SGMS (~1.49 mln), KAR (~0.89 mln), DDS (~0.4 mln), CARS (~0.21 mln)
• Increased positions in: TGP (to ~0.85 mln shares from ~0.5 mln shares), CEIX (to ~0.68 mln from ~0.34 mln), ADNT (to ~2.19 mln from ~1.98 mln), CNX (to ~5.88 mln from ~5.79 mln)
• Maintained positions in: GRBK (~24.12 mln shares), XELA (~8.02 mln) CCR (~5.49 mln shares), BHF (~3.29 mln shares), SATS (~0.59 mln shares)
• Closed positions in: SDRL (from ~1.05 mln shares)
• Decreased positions in: VAL (to ~1.36 mln shares from ~15.12 mln shares), GM (to ~5.86 mln from ~9.12 mln), ATUS (to ~3.19 mln from ~4.11 mln), AER (to ~3.48 mln from ~4.16 mln), VOYA (to ~0.32 mln from ~0.74 mln), HGV (to ~0.87 mln from ~1.12 mln), MDCO (to ~0.73 mln from ~0.95 mln), TPX (to ~0.47 mln from ~0.66 mln)

Elliott Management (Paul Singer) discloses updated portfolio positions in 13F filing: New MPC DXC positions, exited SRE BMY SYMC

Highlights from 2019 Q2 filing as compared to Q1 2019: 

• New positions in: MPC (~4.6 mln shares), DXC (~2.2 mln), HYG (~0.66 mln), TRK (~0.58 mln), USWS (~0.17 mln)
• Increased positions in: DELL (to ~12.86 mln shares from ~11.21 mln shares), FOXA (to ~4.04 mln from ~3.47 mln), ROAN (to ~16.33 mln from ~15.79 mln), ISCA (to ~1.18 mln from ~0.77 mln), VNO (to ~0.51 mln from ~0.43 mln)
• Maintained positions in: ARNC (~51.9 mln shares), BTU (~28.17 mln shares), FE (~25.04 mln shares), DVN (~17.53 mln shares), NLSN (~14 mln shares), ESI (~10.95 mln shares), EBAY (~9.9 mln shares), CTXS (~6.09 mln shares), ACHC (~4.35 mln shares),
• Closed positions in: SRE (from ~11.35 mln shares), BMY (from ~3.25 mln), EQT (from ~2.17 mln), SYMC (from ~1.25 mln), CARB (from ~1.19 mln), CVLT (from ~0.9 mln), HR (from ~0.76 mln)
• Decreased positions in: RRTS (to ~33.99 mln shares from ~848.88 mln shares), HES (to ~16.25 mln from ~21.95 mln), AABA (to ~4.53 mln from ~8.35 mln), SHO (to ~0.72 mln from ~1.47 mln), CXP (to ~0.05 mln from ~0.5 mln), MAC (to ~0.41 mln from ~0.47 mln)

Pershing Square (PSHZF Bill Ackman) discloses updated portfolio positions in 13F filing: New BRK.B position, confirms exited UTX

Highlights from 2019 Q2 filing as compared to Q1 2019:

• New positions in: BRK.B (~3.51 mln shares)
• Maintained positions in: HLT (~10.97 mln shares), ADP (~4.03 mln shares), HHC (~1.19 mln shares)
• Closed positions in: UTX (from ~5.82 mln shares)
• Decreased positions in: QSR (to ~15.64 mln shares from ~18.34 mln shares), SBUX (to ~9.31 mln from ~9.99 mln), LOW (to ~8.9 mln from ~9.32 mln), CMG (to ~1.78 mln from ~1.86 mln)

Corvex Management (Keith Meister) discloses updated portfolio positions in 13F filing: New RTLR CNC PACK positions, exited TTWO CELG

Highlights from 2019 Q2 filing as compared to Q1 2019: 

• New positions in: RTLR (~2.1 mln shares), CNC (~1.39 mln), PACK (~0.75 mln), FSCT (~0.49 mln), WORK (~0.4 mln), AYX (~0.33 mln), TSS (~0.18 mln), NFLX (~0.14 mln), WCG (~0.05 mln), GPN (~0.04 mln)
• Increased positions in: MGM (to ~20.56 mln shares from ~15.69 mln shares), WTRH (to ~2.3 mln from ~1.45 mln), FANG (to ~2.94 mln from ~2.65 mln), MSG (to ~0.07 mln from ~0.06 mln)
• Maintained positions in: CBOE (~0.23 mln shares)
• Closed positions in: ZAYO (from ~0.51 mln shares), TTWO (from ~0.43 mln), GWRE (from ~0.39 mln), ZEN (from ~0.1 mln), CELG (from ~0.03 mln)
• Decreased positions in: TMUS (to ~1.45 mln shares from ~1.78 mln shares), DIS (to ~0.24 mln from ~0.42 mln), CMCSA (to ~0.36 mln from ~0.5 mln), ADBE (to ~0.17 mln from ~0.27 mln) FB (to ~0.02 mln from ~0.05 mln), AMZN (to ~0.03 mln from ~0.03 mln)

Appaloosa (David Tepper) discloses updated portfolio positions in 13F filing: New I CNC HUM positions

Highlights from 2019 Q2 filing as compared to Q1 2019: 

• New positions in: I (~0.59 mln shares), CNC (~0.13 mln), HUM (~0.1 mln)
• Increased positions in: XOP (to ~1.3 mln shares from ~0.2 mln shares), CRM (to ~0.5 mln from ~0.2 mln), UNH (to ~0.34 mln from ~0.25 mln), GOOG (to ~0.22 mln from ~0.15 mln), AMZN (to ~0.19 mln from ~0.17 mln) ADBE (to ~0.11 mln from ~0.1 mln),
• Closed positions in: BABA (from ~0.7 mln shares), XLE (from ~0.1 mln)
• Decreased positions in: MU (to ~0.9 mln shares from ~19.25 mln shares), PCG (to ~16.83 mln from ~23.1 mln), CZR (to ~11.2 mln from ~13.75 mln), AGN (to ~1.3 mln from ~3.13 mln), COOP (to ~1.29 mln from ~2.61 mln), AABA (to ~1.05 mln from ~2.35 mln), AMLP (to ~6.55 mln from ~7.5 mln), TMUS (to ~0.7 mln from ~0.9 mln), LNG (to ~0.41 mln from ~0.59 mln), FB (to ~1.85 mln from ~2 mln)

Carl Icahn discloses updated portfolio positions in 13F filing: New OXY positions, exited FANG 

Highlights from 2019 Q2 filing as compared to Q1 2019: 

• New positions in: OXY (~33.24 mln shares)
• Increased positions in: CNDT (to ~31.64 mln shares from ~19.81 mln shares), IEP (to ~185.33 mln from ~175.44 mln)
• Maintained positions in: CZR (~99.25 mln shares), CVI (~71.2 mln shares), FCX (~44.18 mln shares), NWL (~41.12 mln shares), HLF (~35.23 mln shares), HTZ (~24.26 mln shares), XRX (~23.46 mln shares) NAV (~16.73 mln shares)
• Closed positions in: FANG (from ~5.19 mln shares)
• Decreased positions in: LNG (to ~21.59 mln shares from ~21.98 mln shares)

Starboard Value (Jeffrey Smith) discloses updated portfolio positions in 13F filing: New ACM SCOR positions, exited AABA

Highlights from 2019 Q2 filing as compared to Q1 2019: 

• New positions in: ACM (~4.4 mln shares), SCOR (~0.25 mln)
• Increased positions in: GCP (to ~5.32 mln shares from ~3.18 mln shares), SYMC (to ~38 mln from ~36 mln)
• Maintained positions in: PRGO (~10.04 mln shares), CARS (~6.38 mln shares), AAP (~3.18 mln shares), MGLN (~2.37 mln shares)
• Closed positions in: ZAYO (from ~4.1 mln shares), AABA (from ~1.64 mln)
• Decreased positions in: MRVL (to ~0.79 mln shares from ~19.83 mln shares) EBAY (to ~4.07 mln from ~6.29 mln), DLTR (to ~0.56 mln from ~1.76 mln), NTUS (to ~0.56 mln from ~1.13 mln), IWN (to ~1.78 mln from ~2.13 mln), MGM (to ~2.75 mln from ~2.9 mln), RPM (to ~0.9 mln from ~1 mln), CERN (to ~3 mln from ~3.1 mln)