Simons-Founded Renaissance Technologies Buys Apple, Closes Facebook, Trims McDonald’s In Q4

In the hedge fund’s latest 13-F filing, the Jim Simons-founded Renaissance Technologies disclosed changes to its holdings that occurred during Q4 of 2014.

Here’s a list of some of the moves the fund made to its largest positions during the quarter.

Buys

  • Acquired position in Apple Inc AAPL 0.49% totaling 1,754,633 shares

Increases

  • Increased position in Accenture PLC Ireland Class A (NYSE: CAN) from 667,600 shares to 1,306,200 shares
  • Increased position in Actavis PLC ACT 1.32% from 128,162 shares to 454,162 shares
  • Increased position in Agilent Technologies Inc A 0.32% from 187,500 shares to 1,315,200 shares
  • Increased position in Allergan Inc AGN 0.82% from 193,595 shares to 297,860 shares
  • Increased position in Allison Transmission Hldgs ALSN 0.76% from 1,071,600 shares to 1,900,300 shares
  • Increased position in Amdocs Ltd DOX 0.73% from 3,466,600 shares to 3,911,500 shares
  • Increased position in American Electric Power Inc AEP 0.26% from 202,100 shares to 1,072,400 shares
  • Increased position in American Tower Corp AMT 0.45% from 352,939 shares to 710,339 shares
  • Increased position in American Water Works Co AWK 1.81% from 624,200 shares to 1,000,200 shares
  • Increased position in AmerisourceBergen Corp ABC 0.51% from 359,800 shares to 1,545,700 shares
  • Increased position in Amgen Inc AMGN 0.2% from 268,445 shares to 470,445 shares
  • Increased position in Arris Group Inc ARRS 1.56% from 2,166,220 shares to 2,192,120 shares
  • Increased position in Colgate Palmolive Co CL 0.33% from 11,022,700 shares to 12,575,400 shares
  • Increased position in Costco Wholesale Corp COST 0.45% from 1,554,913 shares to 1,955,213 shares
  • Increased position in Domino’s Pizza Inc DPZ 0.56% from 3,355,100 shares to 3,607,800 shares
  • Increased position in AstraZeneca PLC AZN 0.29% from 1,847,100 shares to 2,287,900 shares
  • Increased position in Autozone Inc AZO 0.16% from 136,900 shares to 159,400 shares
  • Increased position in Bank of America Corp BAC 0.36% from 6,855,866 shares to 11,451,166 shares
  • Increased position in CR Bard Inc BCR 0.29% from 542,100 shares to 898,900 shares
  • Increased position in Barrick Bold Corp ABX 0.08% from 6,408,803 shares to 13,922,603 shares
  • Increased position in Becton Dickinson & Co BDX 0.5% from 2,198,100 shares to 2,648,700 shares
  • Increased position in CBOE Hldgs Inc CBOE 1.35% from 3,618,100 shares to 3,748,400 shares
  • Increased position in Chipotle Mexican Grill CMG 0.69% from 213,600 shares to 307,200 shares

Reductions

  • Reduced position in BCE Inc BCE 0.31% from 2,900,534 shares to 2,462,600 shares
  • Reduced position in Exxon Mobil Corp XOM 1.08% from 1,858,791 shares to 217,191 shares
  • Reduced position in Brinker Intl Inc EAT 0.3% from 1,993,900 shares to 1,432,400 shares
  • Reduced position in BT Group PLC BT 2.67% from 1,730,400 shares to 1,677,400 shares
  • Reduced position in GlaxoSmithKline Plc GSK 4.33% from 6,827,600 shares to 6,006,800 shares
  • Reduced position in Hershey Co (NYSE: HSY) from 4,913,500 shares to 4,306,600 shares
  • Reduced position in Linear Technology Corp LLTC 0.95% from 11,192,000 shares to 9,985,700 shares
  • Reduced position in McDonalds Corp MCD 0.59% from 6,875,100 shares to 3,842,600 shares
  • Reduced position in Applied Materials Inc AMAT 0.08% from 4,995,198 shares to 3,917,348 shares
  • Reduced position in Arch Capital Group Ltd ACGL 0.6% from 1,147,100 shares to 804,300 shares
  • Reduced position in Aspen Technology Inc (NASDAQ: AZPN) from 2,460,600 shares to 1,890,800 shares
  • Reduced position in Alaska Air Group Inc ALK 0.3% from 8,948,200 shares to 7,811,600 shares
  • Reduced position in AT&T Inc T 0.14% from 1,740,004 shares to 469,800 shares
  • Reduced position in Allegiant Travel Co (NASDAQ: ALGT) from 1,381,600 shares to 1,373,500 shares
  • Reduced position in Novo-Nordisk A/S NVO 1.41% from 16, 106,100 shares to 15,614,600 shares
  • Reduced position in Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd TSM 1.51% from 21,506,551 shares to 15,607,071 shares

Liquidations

  • Liquidated stake in Facebook Inc FB 0.64%
  • Liquidated position in TW Telecom Inc (NASDAQ: TWTC)

These changes to Renaissance Technologies’ holdings that occurred during Q4 are merely some of the many adjustments the fund made to its portfolio. The fund’s full 13-F filing can be found here.

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