Revealed: Hedge funds' most bought and sold stocks in Q2

Industry floods out of consumer discretionary sector

Mike Sheen
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Hedge funds were divided on their outlook for Microsoft in the second quarter of 2017, making the tech giant the most bought and third most sold stock among long/short managers during the period.

Analysis from S&P Global Market Intelligence's Hedge Fund Tracker shows that hedge fund managers bought 18.1 million shares of Microsoft stock in Q2 - a total investment of $1.24bn - while $1.15bn of the stock was sold elsewhere. The analysis of hedge fund 13F regulatory filings found that Facebook suffered the biggest sell-off among hedge funds in Q2, with sales of $1.46bn, followed by health insurance firm Humana, which saw $1.32bn of outflows. Fees/flows/asset rotation: Ten major hedgefund trends for 2017 Microsoft was in third place followed by fellow tech firms in the most sol...

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