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John Paulson

Paulson & Co. Inc. · Holdings as of Sep 30, 2023, filed by Nov 15, 2023 · US long stock positions only

The greatest trade ever

Reported value?Total value of the US long stock positions in the latest SEC filing. Not the fund's full size: cash, shorts, bonds and foreign listings never appear in these filings.
$1B
18 positions shown
Copycat since 2016?What $1 became if you bought this exact filed book at every filing deadline since 2016 and rebalanced quarterly. Price returns, dividends excluded. A copy of public filings, not the fund's actual performance.
2.08x
7% per year · low coverage
vs SPY?The same $1 in SPY over the same window. Ahead means copying the filings beat the market; behind means the boring index won.
behind
SPY 3.57x same window
Top position?Largest holding by reported value and its share of the filed book.
unlisted
22% of book

Copying these filings vs SPY?Each line is $1 buying the filed book at every quarterly deadline. Hover for values at any quarter. Dividends excluded on both lines.

$1 at every deadline since 2016
SPY 3.57x John Paulson 2.08x
Price returns, dividends excluded on both lines. A copycat of public filings traded at each deadline, not the fund's actual performance. Only 80% of this book is priceable; read the line loosely.
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The book

tile = share of the filed book · tap a tile for the ticker · Sep 2023
unlisted 22%
BHC 19% AAMI 16% NG 8% PPTA 7% MDGL 7% AU 5% THRY 3% AEM 3% SSRM 2% SA 2% THM 2%
+3 more 1%
SymbolValue% of bookvs prior quarter
unlisted $243M 22% added
BHC $217M 19% unchanged
AAMI $174M 16% unchanged
NG $85M 8% unchanged
PPTA $81M 7% unchanged
MDGL $73M 7% added
AU $61M 5% new
THRY $38M 3% unchanged
AEM $36M 3% unchanged
SSRM $27M 2% unchanged
SA $22M 2% unchanged
THM $22M 2% unchanged
EQX $11M 1% unchanged
NMRK $8M 1% unchanged
TMQ $7M 1% unchanged
unlisted $6M 1% unchanged
BABA $4M 0% unchanged
IAG $4M 0% unchanged
Positions built under SEC confidential treatment appear only after the SEC releases them. Cash, foreign listings and shorts never appear in these filings.