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The moves were revealed in quarterly disclosures of manager stock holdings, known as 13F filings, with the U.S. The fund also raised its bet on Pioneer by about 900,000 shares to 4.1 million shares, bringing the stake's value to about $564 million at the end of the quarter. Seth Klarman's Baupost, which managed about $32 billion at the end of last year, increased its stake in Cheniere by 1.5 million shares, leaving it with a stake of 15.4 million shares that was worth about $1.1 billion at the end of the quarter. Hedge fund managers had already been overweight the energy sector in the first quarter, expecting oil and gas shares to rebound as the year wore on, but the opposite has happened, even as some of these funds have added to their bets. However, both companies struggled in the second quarter, with Cheniere falling 10.5 percent and Pioneer dropping more than 15 percent.


Mitzie:
That decline has since accelerated, with the S&P energy index now down about 13.7 percent for the year, largely reflecting renewed fears of crude oversupply and weak global demand.

Elenor:
Hedge funds such as Baupost Group, Magnetar Capital and Jana Partners increased or took new stakes in energy shares over the second quarter, a period when the S&P 500 energy index lost 2.6 percent.

Skye:
The filings don't show non-U.S. traded securities or how much cash the firms hold.

Collette:
Money managers who oversee more than $100 million in equities must file a Form 13F within 45 days of each quarter's end to list their U.S.-traded stocks, options and convertible bonds.

Lilly:
He sold off his interests in a dozen other companies, including Schlumberger Ltd., the world's largest service provider.

Rita:
Boone Pickens saw the value of his energy holdings more than double during the second quarter to $72.9 million as he added stakes in 14 new companies, including oil field contractors Pioneer Energy Services Corp. and C&J Energy Services Ltd.

Temika:
Highfields reduced its investment in Enbridge Inc. by 1.96 million shares, bringing the value of that investment to about $176 million.

Hang:
Highfields Capital Management, the $12.5 billion management firm run by Jonathon Jacobson, took new positions in Sempra Energy and Cenovus Energy Inc., giving it respective stakes worth $137.4 million and $70 million.

Maribel:
Point72 also bought more shares in Occidental Petroleum Corp., with the stake rising by $189.2 million to $212.6 million, according to securities filings.

Sherell:
It EOG Resources Inc. stake increased by $242.9 million to $245.5 million, its largest U.S. equity-listed holding at mid-year.

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