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Closely-followed billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson, who famously
bet against the subprime housing market in 2007, released his 13F regulatory filing revealing that his hedge fund increased its stake in gold in the second quarter to 44% of his fund’s equity assets. [How much do you have invested in physical gold, gold ETFs, gold mining shares and warrants?]
So conveys Julia La Roche (www.businessinsider.com) in edited excerpts from her latest post*.
Lorimer Wilson, editor of www.munKNEE.com (Your Key to Making Money!) has edited the article below for length and clarity. This paragraph must be included in any article re-posting to avoid copyright infringement.
La Roche goes on to report that:
Paulson & Co. added more shares in:
- exchange-traded-fund SPDR Gold Trust in the second quarter, the filing shows, which now account for 28.3% of the fund’s portfolio.
- NovaGold Resources Inc. and
- Allied Nevada Gold
Meanwile, Paulson & Co. reduced its position in:
- AngloGold Ashanti, the fund’s second largest holding which now accounts for 9.4% of the fund’s portfolio and
- Gold Fields Ltd.
Paulson & Co. holdings remained unchanged in:
- Iamgold Corp. and
- Barrick Gold remained unchanged during Q2.
*http://www.businessinsider.com/paulson-and-co-gold-stake-2012-8#ixzz23cvxyhve (To access the above article please copy the URL and paste it into your browser.)
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