Too Late to Short Green Mountain?
Whitney Tilson founded his firm T2 Partners with Glenn Tongue in 1999. Since then, it has returned 177% cumulative since its inception compared to just over 36% for the market at large. Last year, T2...
Hedge Fund - T2 Partners
Whitney Tilson Bio, Returns, Net Worth
Whitney Tilson is a very modest value investor. He launched T2 Partners with Glenn Tongue in 1999. T2 Partners returned 177.1% cumulative since inception, vs. S&P 500's 36.4% return.
Fund Profile
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| Fund Name: | T2 Partners |
| Manager | Whitney Tilson |
| Portfolio Value | $296,081,000 |
| Change This QTR | +1.08% |
Top Holdings
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Sorted by:
| No. | Security | Ticker | Shares | Value (x$1000) | Activity | % Port |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.) | JCP | 639,200 | $22,468 | -30% |
7.58% | |
| 2.) | BRK-B | 247,850 | $18,911 | -2% |
6.38% | |
| 3.) | BRK-B | 231,400 | $17,656 | -0% |
5.96% | |
| 4.) | DELL | 952,712 | $13,938 | -11% |
4.7% | |
| 5.) | HHC | 284,497 | $12,567 | +10% |
4.24% | |
| 6.) | C | 464,224 | $12,214 | +69% |
4.12% | |
| 7.) | IRDM | 7,101,376 | $12,187 | +5% |
4.11% | |
| 8.) | JCP | 317,767 | $11,169 | +15% |
3.77% | |
| 9.) | GS | 100,000 | $9,043 |  |
3.05% | |
| 10.) | SNDK | 167,150 | $8,225 | +318% |
2.77% | |
| 11.) | Promotora De Informaciones S A |
1,533,039 | $7,420 | +7% |
2.5% | |
| 12.) | PBY | 576,134 | $6,338 | +8% |
2.14% | |
| 13.) | WFC | 227,000 | $6,256 | |
2.11% | |
| 14.) | NFLX | 89,771 | $6,220 |  |
2.1% | |
| 15.) | GS | 68,656 | $6,209 | +19% |
2.09% | |
| 16.) | Netflix IncCALL |
NFLX | 81,000 | $5,612 | |
1.89% |
| 17.) | BUD | 90,540 | $5,522 | -2% |
1.86% | |
| 18.) | MSFT | 207,067 | $5,375 | -7% |
1.81% | |
| 19.) | Microsoft CorpCALL |
MSFT | 198,400 | $5,150 | -60% |
1.73% |
| 20.) | REXI | 1,084,622 | $5,067 | |
1.71% |
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