Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (VOD), General Motors Company (GM) Among Kingstown Capital’s ‘Killer’ Stock Picks

And the last on our list is E TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:ETFC), in which the hedge fund disclosed a $35.9 million stake, which contains 3.35 million shares, up by 100,000 shares in comparison with the end of 2012. Aside from Kingstown Capital, we should also mention Leon Cooperman’s Omega Advisors, and Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies among the other hedge funds invested in E TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:ETFC). Shares have a year-to-date return of almost 68%.

The equity portfolio of Kingstown Capital Management contains stakes in 21 companies, and is worth $552.7 million. With an unchanged number of positions, the value of the 13F portfolio has advanced from $499.5 million reported at the end of last year.

Interested in more hedge fund picks? Check out Ian Cumming and Joseph Steinberg’s Leucadia National. Also, the top picks of Edward Gilhuly and Scott Stuart’s Sageview Capital, and Howard Guberman’s Gruss Asset Management are worth taking a look at.

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