Southpoint Capital likes these stocks [Q1 Letter]

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Michelle deBoer-Jones
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Southpoint Qualified Fund and Southpoint Qualified Offshore Fund returned 2.5% net for the first quarter, compared to the S&P 500’s 6.2% return and the Russell 2000’s 12.7% gain. During the first quarter, Southpoint’s funds averaged 133% long and 70% short.

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The fund’s long positions added 13% gross to the quarterly return, while its short positions subtracted 8.7% gross. Southpoint’s average long increased in value by 9.8%, while its average short increased in value by 13% during the first quarter. The fund employs a long/ short equity strategy, and its principals previously worked at David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital.

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In Southpoint’s first-quarter letter to investors, which was reviewed by ValueWalk,

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Michelle deBoer-Jones is editor-in-chief of Hedge Fund Alpha. She also writes comparative analyses of stocks for TipRanks and runs Providence Writing Services. Previously, she was a television news producer for eight years, producing the morning news programs for NBC affiliates in Evansville, Indiana and Huntsville, Alabama and spending a short time at the CBS affiliate in Huntsville.