Hedge funds plowing into stocks, short

Dec 3rd, 2009 | Filed under: Hedge Fund Industry Trends, Today's Post

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According to market research and data recently compiled by Goldman Sachs, the Investment Company Institute, industry consultants and Bloomberg, hedge funds are shoving money into stocks at the same time that individual investors are rushing for the exits.

According to the ICI, some $37.3 billion has been pulled from US mutual funds since August. Hedge funds, meanwhile — which lost half as much on average as the S&P 500 since stocks peaked in October 2007 – boosted bets in the third quarter to the highest level since the end of that year, and have kept on buying. More…


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  1. Links 12/4/09 « naked capitalism December 4th, 2009 6:47 am :

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  2. Will empolyment prove the key to driving stock prices higher? - Steve Cook on Disciplined Investing - InvestorsInsight.com | Financial Intelligence, Advice & Research / Investment Strategies & Planning for Individual Investors. December 4th, 2009 10:34 am :

    [...] position is because of a negative view of the market is probably not accurate.    http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/03/hedge-funds-plowing-into-stocks-short/      Headlines    Yesterday, stocks got off to a decent [...]

  3. Jon December 4th, 2009 6:06 pm :

    March of this year was probably the worst time to short equities in the past few decades, no?

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