Glossary
Markets & macro

13F filing

The quarterly disclosure that reveals what big US funds own.

Any institution managing over $100m in US equities must file a 13F within 45 days of quarter end, listing its holdings. It is why the public can see what Buffett, Ackman or Citadel own.

The delay matters. By the time you read it, the information is up to 45 days stale, and the manager may already have sold. It also shows only long US equity positions: shorts, bonds, and foreign holdings are invisible.

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Most go to zero and that is not a failure of selection, it is the shape of the asset class. It is why a venture investor has no use for a company that will merely do quite well.

Why it matters

It is the raw material for tracking the smart money, and SteadyShares reads it directly from the SEC.

The mistake everyone makes

Copying a position without knowing why it was bought, or whether it has already been exited.

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