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Apple giants: Who bought, who sold last quarter

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By Steven M. Peters Updated Published

Berkshire Hathaway, Fidelity, Invesco and BofA were buying. Everybody else sold.

 

Below: Four quarters of Apple hedge fund trading activity in one snazzy interactive chart. Not seeing it? Click here.

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SEC 13f data courtesy of Whale Wisdom.

Note: These interactive Datawrapper charts are best viewed on a large screen. Click the headers to see the magic.

My take: Fiscal Q3 2018 was not a good quarter for fund managers to be shorting Apple. Look what they’ve missed so far in fiscal Q4:

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See also: Apple: Buffett bought, Einhorn sold

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