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Jim Chanos

Kynikos / Chanos & Co
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  • Hedge Fund · CIK 0001446440
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Jim Chanos runs Kynikos / Chanos & Co, a hedge fund overseeing $3.9M in disclosed equity holdings (SEC CIK 0001446440). The latest portfolio (2023Q3) discloses 7 positions across several sectors, with the largest positions in KRE, QQQ and SHV. On a mark-to-market basis the tracked portfolio has returned 89.1% since 2018Q4. OpenStocks tracks 12 consecutive quarterly snapshots for this manager — every position change, new entry, and exit is logged below.

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Portfolio
$3.87M
Positions
7
Quarter
2023Q3
Filings tracked
12
Since filing+89.1%Full performance →
Quarter
2023Q32023Q22023Q12022Q42020Q32020Q22020Q12019Q42019Q32019Q22019Q12018Q4

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Performance overview

We mark Jim Chanos (Kynikos / Chanos & Co)'s disclosed portfolio to current market prices and compare its growth against the S&P 500 (SPY). Jim’s portfolio is 89.1% since 2018Q4.

Portfolio growth vs SPY
Rebased to 100 at 2022Q4 · through 2023Q3
Jim Chanos
+1.8%
SPY
+13.0%
Alpha
-11.3pp
981031091141192022Q42023Q12023Q22023Q3
Portfolio line is the GIPS-compliant time-weighted return chain-linked across the manager's quarterly 13F filings — unaffected by capital flows. Quarters with insufficient held-through coverage are skipped, which can briefly flatten the line.
Capital flow per quarter
BuysSellsNet
+$70M+$35M$0-$35M-$70M'19Q1
Latest · 2019Q1
+$4M
Lifetime buys
$70M
Lifetime sells
$66M
Portfolio over time
AUMPositions
$0$61M$123M$186M4436'18Q4'19Q1
QoQ AUM
+11.9%
2Q lifetime AUM
+11.9%
QoQ positions
-8
2Q lifetime positions
-8
Position concentration
36 positions
Top 1
12%
of book
  • Top 112%$22.0MMTUM
  • Top 2-535%$65.4MIJK, IJT, IVV
  • Top 6-1027%$50.0MIJH, QQQ, VOO
  • Top 11-2019%$34.5MIEFA, ASHR, IJJ
  • Rest8%$14.0MRest of port