Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Tepper, Barakett Abandon Stocks as Funds Cut Holdings

(Bloomberg) Hedge-fund manager David Tepper entered the third quarter with $3.1 billion of U.S. stocks and exited with $648 million, selling most holdings to reduce risk and raise cash as carnage spread across the financial markets.

``We moved a lot out early because we didn't want to lose money,'' said Tepper, 51, president of Appaloosa Management LP in Chatham, New Jersey. The firm, which switched some money to bonds, has between 30 percent and 40 percent of assets in cash.

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