Bill Ackman Unveils Six New Stock Picks -- WSJ
Dow Jones2026/08/12 21:17By Peter Rudegeair
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square made investments in six new public companies since the end of March:
-- Visa
-- Mastercard
-- Netflix
-- S&P Global
-- Intercontinental Exchange
-- Alcon
The additions were disclosed in a letter to shareholders that accompanied Pershing Square's quarterly earnings release, the firm's first since it went public in April. Ackman tends to hold a concentrated portfolio of stocks over long periods. Adding six new positions in a few months marks an unusually active period for the investor.
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