A Look at 13F Changes of the ‘Top 75′ Great Investors

I make changes to my portfolio and those of my clients once a quarter, where I trade out of 2-4 of my ~35 companies, and buy a similar number of new companies.  I have detailed that in this article.
But one thing that I do differently now is where I source ideas.  There are three places:
  1. Articles I read that seem to have good ideas.  I print them out and put them in a folder.
  2. My industry studies.
  3. Scanning the 13Fs of ~75 clever investors.  That’s the new part.
I’m not going to write a lot more commentary this evening.  I’m just going to give you a results dump.  I have already gone through my results and made changes to my clients’ portfolios, save for one stock that is a little illiquid, and will take some time to acquire.
As it is, I want to share the following data with you from my trolling through the 13F filings:
Number of investors adding a new stock:
CUSIP New Ticker Name
026874784
6
AIG AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC
25490A309
5
DTV DIRECTV
38259P508
5
GOOG GOOGLE INC.
50075N104
5
MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc.
65334H102
5
NXY NEXEN INC COMMON STOCK NPV
896945201
5
TRIP TRIPADVISOR INC
37045V100
4
GM GENERAL MTRS CO
399473107
4
GRPN GROUPON INC
46625H100
4
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & CO
53071M880
4
LVNTA LIBERTY VENTURES – SER A

Umm, Groupon, GM?  Interesting.
Number of investors adding to a stock position:
CUSIP Increased Ticker Name
026874784
13
AIG AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC
38259P508
12
GOOG GOOGLE INC.
191216100
12
KO COCA COLA COMPANY
37045V100
11
GM GENERAL MTRS CO
24702R101
10
DELL Dell Inc
742718109
9
PG PROCTER & GAMBLE CO/THE
172967424
9
C CITIGROUP INC
50075N104
8
MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc.
65248E104
8
NWSA NEWS CORP
741503403
8
PCLN PRICELINE COM INC
037833100
8
AAPL APPLE INC
896945201
7
TRIP TRIPADVISOR INC
125509109
7
CI CIGNA CORP
78463V107
7
GLD SPDR GOLD TRUST
68389X105
7
ORCL Oracle Corp

The companies most held by my group of investors:
CUSIP Owned Ticker Name
38259P508
28
GOOG GOOGLE INC.
037833100
21
AAPL APPLE INC
594918104
20
MSFT MICROSOFT CORP
68389X105
17
ORCL Oracle Corp
026874784
15
AIG AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC
172967424
15
C CITIGROUP INC
478160104
15
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSON
931142103
15
WMT WAL-MART STORES INC
084670702
14
BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL B
24702R101
13
DELL Dell Inc
65248E104
13
NWSA NEWS CORP
060505104
13
BAC BANK OF AMERICA CORP
747525103
13
QCOM QUALCOMM INC
084670108
13
BRK.A BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL A
191216100
12
KO COCA COLA COMPANY
949746101
12
WFC WELLS FARGO & CO NEW

Number of investors decreasing a stock position:
CUSIP Decreased Ticker Name
38259P508
16
GOOG GOOGLE INC.
594918104
15
MSFT MICROSOFT CORP
037833100
13
AAPL APPLE INC
931142103
12
WMT WAL-MART STORES INC
68389X105
10
ORCL Oracle Corp
17275R102
10
CSCO CISCO SYS INC COM
902973304
10
USB US BANCORP DEL
084670702
9
BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL B
060505104
9
BAC BANK OF AMERICA CORP
57636Q104
9
MA Mastercard Inc – Class A
65248E104
8
NWSA NEWS CORP
949746101
8
WFC WELLS FARGO & CO NEW
254687106
8
DIS DISNEY WALT CO
717081103
8
PFE PFIZER INC
92826C839
8
V Visa Inc-Class A Shares
931422109
8
WAG WALGREEN CO

Number of investors selling a stock entirely:
CUSIP Sold Ticker Name
25490A101
6
DTV DIRECTV-CLASS A
594918104
4
MSFT MICROSOFT CORP
931422109
4
WAG WALGREEN CO
87612E106
4
TGT TARGET CORP
032346108
4
AMLN AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC
037833100
3
AAPL APPLE INC
060505104
3
BAC BANK OF AMERICA CORP
57636Q104
3
MA Mastercard Inc – Class A
65248E104
3
NWSA NEWS CORP
871503108
3
SYMC SYMANTEC CORP
172967424
3
C CITIGROUP INC
78463V107
3
GLD SPDR GOLD TRUST
032511107
3
APC ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORP
53217V109
3
LIFE LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
855030102
3
SPLS Staples Inc
053332102
3
AZO AUTOZONE INC
086516101
3
BBY Best Buy Company Inc
64110L106
3
NFLX NETFLIX INC
844741108
3
LUV Southwest Airlines Co
256677105
3
DG DOLLAR GEN CORP NEW
91324P102
3
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc
30161N101
3
EXC Exelon Corp
778296103
3
ROST ROSS STORES INC
690742101
3
OC OWENS CORNING NEW
46120E602
3
ISRG INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
726505100
3
PXP Plains Exploration
88023U101
3
TPX TEMPUR PEDIC INTL INC
382388106
3
GR GOODRICH CORP
532791100
3
LNCR LINCARE HOLDINGS INC.
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