During the second quarter the Yacktman Fund added two new companies (see: Donald Yacktman Buys Wells Fargo, Oracle) and made notable increases in five stocks. The following five companies represent the largest increases made by guru Donald Yacktman’s Yacktman Fund. …read more
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By GuruFocus, Contributor Investor Guru and self-made billionaire Donald Yacktman once said, “Back in 1987, the day of the 500-point decline, I started buying like crazy … I spent $40 million that day.” That was a long time ago. As of this quarter, Yacktman Asset Management LP lists the fund net assets at $10,174,308,688. Investing heavily in high quality large caps, the portfolio update of the Yacktman Fund, based in Austin, Texas, shows 43 stocks with a total value of $8.5 billion and a quarter-over-quarter turnover of 5%. Guru Donald Yacktman’s non-diversified flagship fund seeks long-term capital appreciation, and, to a lesser extent, current income.
From: http://www.forbes.com/sites/gurufocus/2013/04/15/yacktman-funds-top-buys-and-sells-first-quarter/
By GuruFocus, Contributor This is the portfolio update of Yacktman Asset Management. We also track Yacktman Fund and Yacktman Focused Fund, which are reported separately. Over the fourth quarter Donald Yacktman initiated two new positions in the technology field. One is Dell, and the other is IBM. IBM is still a tiny position. We expect to see Yacktman to add much more over the next quarter. He also added to Stryker Corporation, Coca-Cola Co, PepsiCo Inc, Avon Products Inc, Wells Fargo & Co, sells Research in Motion Ltd, H&R Block during the 3-months ended 12/31/2012, according to the most recent filings of his investment company, Yacktman Asset Management Co. As of 12/31/2012, Yacktman Asset Management Co. owns 63 stocks with a total value of $16.7 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells.
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By GuruFocus, Contributor Besides the 13F of Yacktman Asset Management and Yacktman Focused Fund, we also started to track the portfolio of Yacktman Fund. Yacktman Fund is the flagship fund of Don Yacktman. The fund has achieved 10.6% of annual return over the past 10 years. It heavily invests in high quality large caps. As of Dec. 31, the fund has 51% of asset in top 10 positions and 16% in cash.
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