Healthcare a Focus for Big Moves by Icahn

Legendary investor Carl Icahn, known for making headlines with big moves in the market, was increasing a handful of his major stakes during Q4.

Looking at Icahn’s top U.S.-listed, equity holdings at the end of 2009, Icahn was adding to stakes in pharmaceutical firms Genzyme (GENZ) and Forest Laboratories (FRX). Icahn was also upping his stake in video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO).

Elsewhere, Icahn trimmed his stake in Yahoo (YHOO), where he sits on the board of directors.

Icahn also held steady with his investments in film company Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF), Motorola (MOT), railcar maker American Railcar Industries (ARII), and biotechs Amylin Pharmaceuticals (AMLN), Exelixis (EXEL) and Biogen Idec (BIIB), among others.

Looking at tickerspy.com’s graph charting the performance of Icahn’s end-of-2009 holdings so far in Q1, one can see that his top holdings have put in a very strong showing against the market of late. If you want to see the rest of Icahn’s top holdings, visit tickerspy.com to see his firm’s top positions and a chart of their combined performance.

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Tags: AMLN, ARII, BIIB, EXEL, FRX, GENZ, LGF, MOT, TTWO, YHOO