1,564 hedge funds and large institutions have $109B invested in Merck in 2013 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 187 funds opening new positions, 580 increasing their positions, 627 reducing their positions, and 70 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed
Holders
1,564
Holders Change
+96
Holders Change %
+6.54%
% of All Funds
45.43%
Holding in Top 10
113
Holding in Top 10 Change
-4
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-3.42%
% of All Funds
3.28%
New
187
Increased
580
Reduced
627
Closed
70
Calls
$1.39B
Puts
$953M
Net Calls
+$434M
Net Calls Change
+$103M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Shares
Change %
RHJA
1201
Rice Hall James & Associates
California
$602K +$5.97K +125 +1%
LPC
1202
Loeb Partners Corp
New York
$601K -$275K -5,764 -31%
FFH
1203
Fairfax Financial Holdings
Ontario, Canada
$601K
WA
1204
Wheatland Advisors
Pennsylvania
$601K +$601K +12,584 New
SFSG
1205
Stearns Financial Services Group
North Carolina
$599K -$13.6K -284 -2%
BSW
1206
Buckingham Strategic Wealth
Missouri
$598K +$31.8K +665 +6%
TIC
1207
Trees Investment Counsel
Illinois
$597K
SC
1208
Schulhoff & Co
Ohio
$592K
MSR
1209
Main Street Research
Connecticut
$586K +$3.25K +68 +0.6%
PFM
1210
Parsec Financial Management
North Carolina
$585K +$206K +4,304 +54%
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management
1211
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management
California
$580K +$48K +1,006 +9%
LK
1212
Lumbard & Kellner
New Hampshire
$580K +$580K +12,136 New
VCAM
1213
Van Cleef Asset Management
Ohio
$576K
WRM
1214
Westport Resources Management
Connecticut
$572K -$1.24K -26 -0.2%
BIA
1215
Biondo Investment Advisors
Pennsylvania
$571K +$9.99K +209 +2%
TRCT
1216
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
$570K -$903K -18,908 -61%
LRPA
1217
L. Roy Papp & Associates
Arizona
$570K -$12.5K -262 -2%
TCB
1218
Texas Capital Bancshares
Texas
$570K -$10.7K -223 -2%
VNA
1219
VNBTrust National Association
Virginia
$570K +$9.26K +194 +2%
OIA
1220
Optimum Investment Advisors
Illinois
$564K -$185K -3,862 -25%
FC
1221
Fayerweather Charles
$564K +$35K +733 +7%
TAM
1222
Thornmark Asset Management
Ontario, Canada
$562K
PMFA
1223
Plante Moran Financial Advisors
Michigan
$561K +$345K +7,231 +160%
BBNB
1224
Baker Boyer National Bank
Washington
$560K +$560K +11,734 New
RB
1225
Rodgers Brothers
Pennsylvania
$558K +$239 +5 +0%