- WalletHub analyzes financial disclosures for 400 of the largest hedge funds every quarter to help other investors replicate their success.
- The firm put together a list of the funds' favorite stocks, including which moved up or down from previous quarters.
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Hedge funds were loving these 25 stocks in the 2nd quarter
WalletHub analyzes what hedge funds are buying and selling in order to help other investors replicate their success.
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Each quarter, hedge funds must disclose their holdings of publicly traded companies.
WalletHub, a personal finance site, analyzes the filings of top 400 hedge funds each quarter to see what stocks they were buying up and which they were selling.
Their monitoring includes famous investors and funds like undefined; Ray Dalio's Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund; David Tepper's Appaloosa Management; and Daniel Loeb's Third Point Capital.
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"It makes sense that people pay attention to what hedge fund managers are buying, selling and holding," the firm said. "We want to replicate their success. Hedge funds’ quarterly public disclosures, mandated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, give us a window into their recent activity."
Scroll through to see the he 400 largest hedge funds' favorite stocks in the second quarter of 2018:
25. Boeing
Ticker:
Change in ranking from last quarter: Down
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Year-to-date performance: +17%
24. Booking Holdings
Ticker: BKNG
Change in ranking from last quarter: Down
Year-to-date performance: +9%
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Merck & Co
Ticker: MRK
Change in ranking from last quarter: Unchanged
Year-to-date performance: +21.7%
22. Salesforce
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Ticker: CRM
Change in ranking from last quarter: Unchanged
Year-to-date performance: +45.7%
21. Intel
Ticker: INTC
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Change in ranking from last quarter: Down
Year-to-date performance: +0.6%
20. Verizon
Ticker: VZ
Change in ranking from last quarter: Unchanged
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Year-to-date performance: +2.2%
19. Berkshire Hathaway
Ticker: BRKB
Change in ranking from last quarter: Up
Year-to-date performance: +6.41%
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18. Adobe
Ticker: ADBE
Change in ranking from last quarter: Up
Year-to-date performance: +50.0%
17. Home Depot
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Ticker: HD
Change in ranking from last quarter: Up
Year-to-date performance: +6.1%
16. Coca-Cola
Ticker: KO
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Change in ranking from last quarter: Up
Year-to-date performance: -1.3%
15. Citigroup
Ticker: C
Change in ranking from last quarter: Down
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Year-to-date performance: -3.9%
14. Johnson & Johnson
Ticker: JNJ
Change in ranking from last quarter: Up
Year-to-date performance: -3.3%
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13. Comcast
Ticker: CMCSA
Change in ranking from last quarter: Up
Year-to-date performance: -10.5%
12. Netflix
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Ticker: NFLX
Change in ranking from last quarter: Down
Year-to-date performance: +86.5%
11. Mastercard
Ticker: MA
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Change in ranking from last quarter: Up
Year-to-date performance: +41.0%
10. Bank of America
Ticker: BAC
Change in ranking from last quarter: Down
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Year-to-date performance: +2.7%
9. Visa
Ticker: V
Change in ranking from last quarter: Up
Year-to-date performance: +28.4%
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8. UnitedHealth
Ticker: UNH
Change in ranking from last quarter: Unchanged
Year-to-date performance: +21.1%
7. JPMorgan Chase
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Ticker: JPM
Change in ranking from last quarter: Down
Year-to-date performance: +5.8%
6. Wells Fargo
Ticker: WFC
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Change in ranking from last quarter: Up
Year-to-date performance: -4.4%
5. Alphabet
Ticker: GOOGL
Change in ranking from last quarter: Unchanged
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Year-to-date performance: +16.4%
4. Facebook
Ticker: FB
Change in ranking from last quarter: Unchanged
Year-to-date performance: -3.1%
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3. Apple
Ticker: AAPL
Change in ranking from last quarter: Unchanged
Year-to-date performance: +32.7%
2. Amazon
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Ticker: AMZN
Change in ranking from last quarter: Unchanged
Year-to-date performance: +70.7%
1. Microsoft
Ticker: MSFT
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Change in ranking from last quarter: Unchanged
Year-to-date performance: +31.1%
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