Analyzing David Einhorn’s Top Sells in 3Q17

After analyzing billionaire investor David Einhorn’s top buys and largest holdings in 3Q17, we’ll discuss his top sells in 3Q17.

The top sells of Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital in 3Q17 include General Motors (GM), Apple (AAPL), Calpine (CPN), Chemours Company (CC), and Dillard’s (DDS). Greenlight Capital reduced nearly 8.6%, 3.7%, 2.4%, 1%, and 1%, respectively, of the holdings in its portfolio in 3Q17.

Although General Motors has been the top holding of Einhorn’s portfolio for a long time, he reduced some of his position in the stock in 3Q17. Einhorn reduced some of his position in Apple, but he still has a bullish outlook on Apple. He thinks that the growing customer base and the high-quality services are Apple’s important growth drivers.

Greenlight Capital’s largest sector holdings in 3Q17 were the consumer discretionary (XLY), IT (XLK), industrial (XLI), healthcare, and materials (XLB) sectors. These sectors represented nearly 32.8%, 18.1%, 10.2%, 9.80%, and 8.8%, respectively, of Greenlight Capital’s portfolio in 3Q17.

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