The latest round of 13F filings from institutional investors is out, revealing to the world the stocks that some of the richest and most successful investors have been buying and selling.
Takeaways From 13F Season: Investors who follow particular fund managers can easily look up what each was buying and selling in the quarter, but other investors may be more interested in overall themes from 13F filings. The first quarter of 2022 was a brutal quarter for the S&P 500, and investors were likely interested in what top managers were buying and selling heading into the second quarter.
Google parent Alphabet has the attention of fund managers, with Tepper and Loeb selling and Soros and Klarman buying.
Occidental Petroleum and other energy stocks were also popular trades among fund managers as energy prices soared. Tepper and Icahn sold Occidental shares, while Buffett aggressively increased his stake.
Buffett was buying energy and financial sector stocks in an environment of elevated inflation and rising interest rates.
Several fund managers traded ETFs to play particular themes. Einhorn bought the GLD ETF to hedge against inflation, while Tepper took some profits on the red-hot energy sector by selling the XLE fund.
