1,617 hedge funds and large institutions have $126B invested in Merck in 2014 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 65 funds opening new positions, 601 increasing their positions, 698 reducing their positions, and 53 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: | Existing positions closed:

more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10:

more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $ | Put options by funds: $

less funds holding

Funds holding:

1% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $127B → $126B (-$978M)

1.04% less ownership

Funds ownership: 78.25%77.21% (-1%)

14% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 601 | Existing positions reduced: 698

Holders
1,617
Holders Change
Holders Change %
% of All Funds
Holding in Top 10
147
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed
Calls
$950M
Puts
$950M
Net Calls
Net Calls Change

Top Buyers

1 +$434M
2 +$265M
3 +$229M
4
Ameriprise
Ameriprise
Minnesota
+$159M
5
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
+$154M

Top Sellers

1 -$1.3B
2 -$869M
3 -$491M
4
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
-$465M
5
CS
Credit Suisse
Switzerland
-$431M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
676
$4.47M
677
$4.46M
678
$4.45M
679
$4.45M
680
$4.45M
681
$4.43M
682
$4.4M
683
$4.39M
684
$4.39M
685
$4.38M
686
$4.37M
687
$4.34M
688
$4.33M
689
$4.29M
690
$4.27M
691
$4.27M
692
$4.25M
693
$4.24M
694
$4.24M
695
$4.21M
696
$4.19M
697
$4.18M
698
$4.17M
699
$4.16M
700
$4.11M