Alphabet (Google) Class C
      
      
        
          GOOG
        
        
      
    
  
          GOOG
        
        
      1,802 hedge funds and large institutions have $177B invested in Alphabet (Google) Class C in 2016 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 124 funds opening new positions, 727 increasing their positions, 747 reducing their positions, and 93 closing their positions.
New
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  Maintained
  Reduced
  Closed
  more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: | Existing positions closed:
more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $ | Put options by funds: $
more funds holding
Funds holding: →
less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: | Existing positions reduced:
4% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $185B → $177B (-$7.6B)
6% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 338 → 317 (-21)
    
      Holders
    
  
  
    
      
        
      
        1,802
      
    
      
    
  
    
      Holding in Top 10
    
  
  
    
      
        
      
        317
      
    
      
    
  
    
      Calls
    
  
  
    
      
        
      
        $4.21B
      
    
      
    
  
    
      Puts
    
  
  
    
      
        
      
        $3.92B
      
    
      
    
  
Top Buyers
| 1 | +$578M | |
| 2 | +$483M | |
| 3 | +$472M | |
| 4 | 
          
   
      AllianceBernstein
     
    
      
        Nashville,
      
      
        Tennessee
      
     
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        +$469M | 
| 5 | 
          
   
      Bessemer Group
     
    
      
        Woodbridge,
      
      
        New Jersey
      
     
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        +$402M | 
Top Sellers
| 1 | -$2.67B | |
| 2 | -$729M | |
| 3 | -$561M | |
| 4 | 
          
   
      Coatue Management
     
    
      
      
        New York
      
     
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        -$272M | 
| 5 | 
          
   
      T. Rowe Price Associates
     
    
      
        Baltimore,
      
      
        Maryland
      
     
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        -$206M |