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Hedge funds loved Micron ahead of its run to $1 trillion. Here are their other favorite stocks

Cnbc · · 344 words · By Lisa Kailai Han
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Micron Technology was among the stocks that made Goldman Sachs' coveted "Hedge Fund VIP" basket last quarter, as professional traders poured love into the maker or data and storage chips.

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What happened

Micron Technology was among the stocks that made Goldman Sachs' coveted "Hedge Fund VIP" basket last quarter, as professional traders poured love into the maker or data and storage chips.

Why it matters

The Wall Street investment bank used regulatory filings to analyze the holdings of 1,059 fundamentally-driven hedge funds, responsible for running $4.6 trillion of gross equity positions at the start of the second quarter.

Common ground

Goldman then compiled a basket of the most popular long positions, comprised of the 50 stocks that most frequently appear among hedge funds' 10 largest holdings.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “UBS tripling its price target on Micron, to $1,625.”
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Only one web search result mentions that UBS raised Micron's price target to $1,625. Other UBS results are general company descriptions.
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web search NEUTRAL — UBS Group AG[nb 1] (stylized simply as UBS) is a Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland, with headquarters in both Zurich and Basel. [8] It ho…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBS
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web search NEUTRAL — UBS is a global firm providing financial services in over 50 countries. Visit our site to find out what we offer.
https://www.ubs.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — May 30, 2026 · The resulting bank, known as UBS AG, became one of the largest banks in the world. The bank’s principal activities include personal and corporate banking, investment banking, wealth man…
https://www.britannica.com/money/UBS-AG
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Claim 2: “The Wall Street investment bank used regulatory filings to analyze the holdings of 1,059 fundamentally-driven hedge funds, responsible for running $4.6 trillion of gross equity positions at the start of the second quarter.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about Goldman Sachs and other banks, but does not contain the specific numbers (1,059 funds, $4.6 trillion) mentioned in the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — ABN AMRO Bank N.V. is the third-largest Dutch bank, with headquarters in Amsterdam. It was initially formed in 1991 by merger of the two prior Dutch banks that form its name, Algemene Bank Nederland (…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Lawson Thornton (born January 2, 1954) is an American businessman and professor and director of the Global Leadership Program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He is also chairman of Barrick Gol…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The uniform net capital rule is a rule created by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in 1975 to regulate directly the ability of broker-dealers to meet their financial obligations to …
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Claim 3: “Shares soared 19% on Tuesday alone, pushing the company's market value past $1 trillion for the first time ever”
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Two independent sources (LinkedIn and Mad Mad News) confirm that Micron shares surged 19% on a Tuesday, pushing its market value past $1 trillion for the first time.
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web search NEUTRAL — Micron Technology shares surged 19% on Tuesday, lifting the company’s market value above $1 trillion for the first time. The stock has climbed more than 700% over the past year, fueled by booming dema…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alyssa-fan-543006265_ai-semic…
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web search NEUTRAL — The trillion-dollar club just welcomed a new member, and the host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” has thoughts about some names on the roster.Micron Technology’s stock surged 19% on May 26, pushing its market c…
https://www.madmadnews.com/success/jim-cramer-sends-blunt-me…
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web search NEUTRAL — MU remained in the green that week, and unusually massive call options volumes were detected. The same day, global investment bank UBS raised MU’s price target to $1,625. Micron stock also opened on F…
https://watcher.guru/news/micron-stock-surged-nearly-30-afte…
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Claim 4: “The basket has outperformed the broad market index in 59% of all quarters going back to 2001.”
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Two separate web search results confirm that the Goldman Sachs VIP list/strategy has outperformed the broad market index in 59% of quarters since 2001.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Benjamin W. Navarro (born 1962 or 1963) is an American billionaire businessman who is the founder and chief executive officer of Beemok Capital, a private investment firm and family office. Through Be…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Groupon, Inc. is an American e-commerce marketplace that connects subscribers with local merchants by offering activities, travel, goods, and services in 13 countries. The company launched in Chicago …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hollywood Bowl Group is a British company that runs the Hollywood Bowl branded multi lane ten-pin bowling and Puttstars brand minigolf centres in the UK, and Splitsville Bowl branded ten-pin centres i…
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Claim 5: “Micron Technology was among the stocks that made Goldman Sachs' coveted "Hedge Fund VIP" basket last quarter”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Micron Technology was included in Goldman Sachs' Hedge Fund VIP list/basket.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In addition to prosecutions and civil actions in the financial sector, former Attorney General of New York Eliot Spitzer pursued cases in both state and federal courts involving pollution, entertainme…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 26, 2026 · Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Micron Technology (MU) – all ... As of last quarter end, the top five holdings among hedge fund managers.
https://am.gs.com/public-assets/documents/456417b6-5aaf-11f1…
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Claim 6: “New additions to Goldman Sachs' basket were Revolution Medicines , Lam Research , Intel , MasTec , Coherent , UnitedHealth Group , S & P Global , Bloom Energy , Marvell Technology , Vistra , Centuri and Hut 8 .”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to corroborate the specific list of stocks added to the basket.
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Claim 7: “The top of the VIP list was occupied by high-flying tech names such as Amazon , Nvidia , Alphabet , Microsoft , Meta Platforms and Apple .”
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Claim 8: “The bank said that hedge fund position turnover last quarter was below the historical average.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding hedge fund position turnover rates.
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Claim 9: “Chipmakers Taiwan Semiconductor and Broadcom were also high on the list.”
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Claim 10: “This VIP basket has risen 10% year to date, outperforming the S & P 500 's 9% gain in the same time period, though last Friday, May 22.”
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While there is evidence of the VIP basket outperforming the S&P 500 in February 2024 (8.7% vs 5.1%), there is no evidence provided confirming the specific 10% vs 9% figures for the date of May 22.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David Michael Solomon (born January 17, 1962) is an American investment banker who has been chief executive officer (CEO) of Goldman Sachs since October 2018 and chairman since January 2019. Before as…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Raj Rajaratnam/Galleon Group, Anil Kumar, and Rajat Gupta inside trading cases are parallel and related civil and criminal actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the United Sta…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Uday Suresh Kotak (born 15 March 1959) is an Indian banker and founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank, where he is a non-executive director. He resigned from his CEO position in September 2023. His son, Jay K…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uday_Kotak
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Claim 11: “Almost 50 hedge funds had Micron as one of their top 10 holdings at the end of the first quarter.”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists only of dictionary definitions for the word 'approximately' and does not contain any data regarding Micron's holdings in hedge funds.
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · The meaning of APPROXIMATELY is in an approximate manner —used to indicate that a stated number, amount, or value is an approximation. How to use approximately in a sentence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Get a quick, free translation! APPROXIMATELY definition: 1. close to a particular number or time although not exactly that number or time: 2. close to a…. Learn more.
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web search NEUTRAL — Define approximately. approximately synonyms, approximately pronunciation, approximately translation, English dictionary definition of approximately. adj. 1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate t…
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Claim 12: “Goldman then compiled a basket of the most popular long positions, comprised of the 50 stocks that most frequently appear among hedge funds' 10 largest holdings.”
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Two independent web sources explicitly define the VIP basket as the 50 stocks that appear most frequently in the top 10 holdings of fundamentally driven hedge funds.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Groupon, Inc. is an American e-commerce marketplace that connects subscribers with local merchants by offering activities, travel, goods, and services in 13 countries. The company launched in Chicago …
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