Here We Go Again: David Tepper Takes New Position in $JCP

It appears the hedge fund world is interested in $JCP again — something of a rarity since Bill Ackman, with the help of Ron Johnson nearly destroyed the fucking store a few years ago. I find this position to be interesting, as it bets on a retarded retailer which might get flummoxed should $SHLD go bust.

Here are some of his other moves. It looks like David is betting big on pharma, which is a reasonable thing to do in light of its wretched pullback over the past year or so.

New positions in: RF (~7.34 mln shares), JCP (~5.08 mln), TEVA (~5.05 mln), PFE (~4.81 mln), MYL (~3.28 mln), MU (~3.25 mln), SUM (~1.69 mln), AAL (~1.29 mln), CMA (~1.15 mln)

Increased positions in: AGN (to ~4.26 mln shares from ~1.22 mln shares), PNC (to ~1.95 mln from ~0.61 mln), FB (to ~2.18 mln from ~1.48 mln), LUV (to ~1.19 mln from ~0.58 mln), QCOM (to ~1.4 mln from ~0.9 mln) KMI (to ~4.06 mln from ~3.65 mln),

Maintained positions in: ETP (~11.96 mln shares), WPZ (~9.49 mln shares), OC (~2.72 mln shares), GOOG (~0.48 mln shares)

Closed positions in: SYF (from ~4.16 mln shares), BAC (from ~4.14 mln), HDS (from ~2.82 mln), USFD (from ~0.62 mln), VMW (from ~0.38 mln), DVMT (from ~0.33 mln), C (from ~0.1 mln), HAIN (from ~1.02 mln), DAL (from ~0.24 mln)

Decreased positions in: GT (to ~0.24 mln shares from ~0.86 mln shares), WHR (to ~0.57 mln from ~1.16 mln), ALL (to ~2.59 mln from ~3.12 mln), YHOO (to ~1.35 mln from ~1.8 mln), AAPL (to ~0.45 mln from ~0.8 mln)