Carl Icahn's latest stock holdings

Filings submitted Mar 31, 2008 submitted May 14, 2008

Carl Icahn's biggest postions according to ICAHN CAPITAL LP + ICAHN CARL C

AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS (AMLN, new)
Mar 31: 6,339,653 (value: $185 million)

AMERICAN RAILCAR (ARII, no change)
Mar 31: 6,526,980 shares (value: $132 million)

ANADARKO PETROLEUM (APC, reduced)
Dec 31:14,775,468 shares
Mar 31: 14,401,628 shares(value: $907 million)

BEA SYS INC (BEAS, no change)
Mar 31: 41,456,016 ($793 million) + 10,364,001 ($198 million)

BIOGEN IDEC (BIIB, increased)
Dec 31: 8,256,723 + 2,064,181
Mar 31: 9,948,723 +2,487,181 (value: $153 million)

CSX CORP (CSX, no change)
Mar 31: 2,920,000 ($124 million)

IMCLONE (IMCL, no change)
Mar 31: 11,669,544 (value: $494 million)

LEAR (LEA, no change)
Mar 31: 9,595,954 ($248 million)

MOTOROLA (MOT, no change)
Dec 31: 60,466,400 + 15,116,600 = 75,583,000
Mar 31: 115,649,600 ($1.075 billion) + 28,912,400 (value: $268 million)

TIME WARNER CABLE(TWC, no change)
Mar 31: 4,711,128 (value: $117 million)

TIME WARNER (TWX, no change)
Mar 31: 12,933,159

WILLIAMS COS (WMB, reduced)
Dec 31: 4,840,724
Mar 31: 3,918,959

His largest stake is in his firm Icahn Enterprises (NYSE: IEP), which was created when a diversified holding company controlled by Icahn bought out his hedge fund business. It was formerly known as American Real Estate Partners.

Icahn's On A Rampage

Carl Icahn is preparing to wage a proxy fight against Yahoo (YHOO), using 59 million shares as his club. But Icahn doesn’t really own all those shares. He only bought 9.9 million. How can Carl Icahn hold the rest without actually owning them? It’s because of an old strategy that Icahn and other corporate raiders used in the 1980s of using matching put-and-call options. Here’s how it works. -Stock Article Link

Carl Icahn leads the Yahoo! fight.

Mr. Icahn’s interest comes less than two weeks after Microsoft withdrew a $47.5 billion offer for Yahoo after being rebuffed. The deadline for board nominations is Thursday.

Mr. Icahn has told associates that he bought as many as 50 million shares of Yahoo — worth more than $1 billion — in anticipation of pressing for seats on its board. He has also inquired at Microsoft, through various friends, whether he could help bring that company back to the negotiating table, these people said. He has received little encouragement, these people said, because Microsoft has insisted that it has “moved on.” -Stock Article Link

If Carl Icahn bought his shares during the Microsoft bid, then he has all the motivation in the world to find a buyer. Let's hope it's not another Motorola fiasco.

Thinking of buying Motorola (MOT). Think again.

A $10 stock might look cheap but with so much competition in the handset business, it's hard for Motorola to gain any ground.

"About a year ago, Carl Icahn bought 3.6% of the company's stock, either directly or through long-term options, for about $18.36 per share, or almost twice its current price. He was unsuccessful in securing a board seat last April in his proxy battle against then incumbent management. He could have gotten out then with not much of a loss. The market gods were trying to tell him something, but he failed to hear the message."-Stock Article Link

"..the Koreans are grabbing market share in both the U.S. and emerging markets..Last year, Samsung Electronics passed Motolola to become the world's No. 2 player in the cell phone industry.."-Stock Article Link

Gene Marcial's 7 Commandments of Stock Investing

Business Week Columnist, Gene Marcial, reveals his stock investing strategies with his 30+ yrs of experience.

"It is well understood that trading in the stock market is full of risks. But if you are ready to take the plunge, I guarantee that there will be a time when being familiar with Gene Marcial's 7 Commandments of Stock Investing will be extremely important. Over the years, I have followed many of the same commandments."
--Carl Icahn, Chairman, Icahn Associates

1. Don't Panic.
2. Concentrate, Diversify Not.
3. Buy the Losers.
4. Forget Timing.
5. Follow the Insider.
6. Don't Fear the Unknown.
7. Always invest in the long term.


Here's a preview -Stock Article Link

Stock investing guru, Carl Icahn, on 60 minutes video

Just on BEA System (BEAS) being sold to Oracle (ORCL), Icahn made $300 million!
-Stock Article Video Link

Carl Icahn buys 9.77% of Guaranty Financial Group (GFG)

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn holds 9.77% stake in Austin, Texas-based Guaranty Financial Group Inc.(GFG). Icahn specified that he acquired these shares in the belief that the company's stock was undervalued. -Stock Article Link

Investing guru, Carl Icahn's latest portfolio

Carl Icahn's Top Holdings since Sept 30, 2007

Order by Name, Market value at the time, # of shares owned

ANADARKO          729,826  13,578,160
PETROLEUM CORP.

BEA SYS INC.      185,343  13,362,873

BIOGEN IDEC INC.  585,416   8,825,816

CSX CORP.         124,772   2,920,000

GENZYME CORP      94,084   1,518,463

HARRAH'S          160,195   1,842,800
ENTERTAINMENT INC.

LEAR CORP.        308,030   9,595,953

MACYS INC.        129,819   4,016,669

MOTOROLA INC.   1,120,442  60,466,400 

ROWAN COS INC.    84,792   2,317,979

TEMPLE-INLAND INC. 136,894   2,601,056

TIME WARNER INC.  237,453  12,933,159

UNUM GROUP        98,393   4,020,960

WILLIAMS COS     164,875   4,840,724
INC. DEL

All smiles for Carl Icahn with his purchase of BEAS

Getting BEA Systems taken over is exactly what investing guru, Carl Icahn was expecting and today, Oracle launches $6.7 billionn bid for BEA sending the stock soaring from $13.62 to $18.22 !

Icahn said back in August, he expected higher offers to emerge from rivals of Oracle, naming International Business Machines Corp (IBM) and Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ).

BEA rejects $6.7 billion Oracle offer, rival bids seen

Carl Icahn had more than 51 million shares. Sweet !

Now if only WCI Communities can go back up to $20 where he holds 6 million shares. I noticed SAIC capital also has 40 million shares of WCI stock.

Carl Icahn continues to increase BEA stake to 9.88%

Is a sale of BEA imminent?

"This is the second time in two weeks Icahn has increased his holdings in the company. At the end of June, he held a 2 percent stake." - Stock Article Link

Investing guru Carl Icahn increases stake in BEA Systems

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has increased his stake in BEA Systems Inc (BEAS - News) to 8.5 percent and on Friday urged the company's board to put the business software maker up for sale. -Stock Article Link

Carl Icahn latest Stock Holdings.

Comparison from March 31st to June 30th. Motorola is still Carl Icahn's biggest position.

COMPANY                             $ VALUE     SHARES

ADVENTRX PHARMACEUTICALS INC.        8,787   3,459,459
ALCAN INC.                          95,609   1,176,000 (NEW)
ALCOA INC.                         142,666   3,520,000 (NEW)
ANADARKO PETE                      235,010   4,520,294 (increased from 3,105,520)
BEA SYS INC.                       108,757   7,944,293 (NEW)
BIOGEN IDEC INC.                   146,590   2,740,000 (NEW)
BLOCKBUSTER INC.   CL A             39,597   9,187,280
BLOCKBUSTER INC.   CL B             17,411   4,452,905
CSX CORP.                          131,634   2,920,000 (increased from 2,675,680)
CLEAR CHANNEL                       55,468   1,466,640 (NEW)
CYBERONICS INC.                     33,785   2,008,612
ENZON PHARMA-                       13,659   1,740,001 (NEW)
GLOBAL PMTS INC.                    39,998   1,008,779 (NEW)
KRAFT FOODS INC.                   138,180   3,920,000 (NEW)
LEAR CORP.                         341,712   9,595,953 
LINCOLN NATL CORP                   45,862     646,400 (NEW)
LIONS GATE ENTMNT CORP.             45,443   4,119,918
MACYS INC.                          94,221   2,368,560 (NEW)
MEADWESTVACO CORP.                 133,549   3,781,120 (NEW)
MOTOROLA INC.                      978,644  55,290,640 (Increased from 9,360,000)
PRIDE INTL INC DEL                 169,591   4,527,245 (Reduced from 4,588,000)
QUEST RESOURCE                      10,138     868,002
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS           40,679   2,270,024 (Increased from 173,304)
ROWAN COS INC.                     132,759   3,239,600 (NEW)
TALISMAN ENERGY                     92,784   4,800,000
TELIK INC.                          14,050   4,156,663
TEMPLE-INLAND INC.                 372,071   6,046,992 (Increased from 5,761,552)
TIME WARNER INC.                   272,114  12,933,159
UNUM GROUP                         104,987   4,020,960 (Increased from 2,457,440)
WCI CMNTYS INC.                     80,338   4,816,450
WILLIAMS COS INC.                  153,064   4,840,724


Icahn group discloses investment holdings

Carl Icahn increases stake in Temple-Inland (TIN) by 8.3 percent.

"Billionaire investor Carl Icahn raised his stake in Temple-Inland Inc. (TIN), a maker of packaging and building products, to about 8.3 percent from 6.7 percent, according to a U.S. regulatory filing on Monday. Icahn now holds a total of more than 8.7 million shares after buying additional shares in June and July, according to a filing made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission."-Stock Article Link

WCI near it's 52 week low...Is this an opportunity to buy now?

Since Carl Icahn's $22 tender offer was been rejected and the stock, WCI Communities (WCI) which builds hi-rise condos in Florida, is close near it's 52 week low trading at $14.28 on Friday. Is this an opportunity to buy? It's book value is at $23.19. It is heavily shorted. Almost 37%!

Billionaire financier and activist investor Carl Icahn isn't giving up that easily, who has a 14.6 percent stake in the company, said on Feb. 15 that he wants to replace the entire WCI board of directors.

"WCI is actually trading for less than its shareholder equity. But what do you think red ink and asset writedowns do to book value?" -Dumb Move, WCI

People's comments including Jim Cramer

Carl Icahn holds a stake in Kraft Foods.

"The size of Icahn's stake and the amount of time he has held Kraft shares is not clear, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site." - Stock Article Link

Carl Icahn video interviews.

Video interviews of Stock investing guru, Carl Icahn, regarding shareholder activism and other thoughts.

Motorola to Cut 4,000 More Jobs!

"The latest round of cuts means the world's No. 2 handset maker has announced plans to eliminate more than 10 percent of its work force since the start of 2007, when it became clear that two years of strong momentum behind the popular Razr phone had collapsed....

The company already is in the process of eliminating 3,500 jobs as part of a two-year cost-cutting plan to save $400 million." -Stock Article Link

With stock buys from billionaire gurus Carl Icahn and Eddie Lampert, MOT is a buy!

Buffett, Icahn, Lampert and Soro's latest buys

Carl Icahn disclosed a new 3.1 million share stake in Anadarko Petroleum Corp (APC), an independent oil and gas producer. Icahn also increased his holdings of WCI Communities (WCI), a luxury homebuilder, to 4.8 million shares, from 1.5 million held at the end of 2006. In the railroad sector, Carl Icahn disclosed a new 2.7 million share stake in the railroad operator CSX Corp (CSX).

Warren Buffett reveals, in addition to a 39 million share stake in Burlington Northern (BNI) and a 10.5 million share holding in Union Pacific (UNP), Buffett disclosed a third, almost 6.4 million share stake in Norfolk Southern (NSC). Warren Buffett has increased his bet on the pharmaceutical sector, spending some $1.3bn in three months to more than double its stake in healthcare group Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and boost its holding in French drugmaker Sanofi Aventis (SNY). The legendary investor also disclosed a smaller investment in Wellpoint (WLP), a US health insurer.

Edward S. Lampert disclosed he had amassed more than 15 million shares of the Citigroup (C), Jim Cramer also owns it for his charitable trust.

George Soros increased its stake in Microsoft (MSFT) Apple Inc.(AAPL) and JetBlue Airways Corp (JBLU)., among other companies, and took a position in cell phone company Motorola Inc. (MOT).

Soros Fund Doubles Microsoft Stake

Citigroup shares jump on Lampert stake

Carl Icahn was not elected to Motorola Inc.'s board

Billionaire financier Carl Icahn was not elected to Motorola Inc.'s board of directors, according to preliminary results released Monday night by the cell phone maker. Final results from Monday evening's shareholder vote could takes weeks to tabulate, the company said in a statement.

Motorola Says Icahn Not Elected to Board

If Carl doesn't get on, I may sell my shares.

Barrons can really move stocks!

Investor Carl Icahn's American Real Estate Partners LP (ACP) is overvalued, according to an article in the April 30 edition of Barron's.

According to the article, American Real Estate's shares are worth only $65, significantly below their current value of $108.51......Now the stock has dropped all the way down to $88.

No Longer Cheap-Barron's Article

Read Barron's. Their journalism can really influence the markets.

Top 25 hedge fund managers avg $570 million a yr.

2006 earnings	Manager	Hedge fund firm
$1.7 billion	James Simons	Renaissance Technologies
$1.4 billion	Kenneth Griffin	Citadel Investment Group
$1.3 billion	Edward Lampert	ESL Investments
$950 million	George Soros	Soros Fund Management
$900 million	Steven Cohen	SAC Capital Advisors
$715 million	Bruce Kovner	Caxton Associates
$690 million	Paul Tudor Jones II	Tudor Investment Corp.
$675 million	Timothy Barakett	Atticus Capital
$670 million	David Tepper	Appaloosa Management
$600 million	Carl Icahn	Icahn Partners

-Stock Article Link

Fortunately I have Sears Holding (SHLD) and as a shareholder, I didn't have to pay Eddie Lampert $1 billion+. It's the next Berkshire Hathaway and I will hold it for a very long time.