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Hedge Funds Slammed: "Smart Money" Has One Of Worst Weekly Losses Since 2001
Last week in the markets was all about what was happening below the calm surface waters, which saw the DJIA post a tiny increase and the S&P dip just a fraction. If one was going off merely by the two main indices, one would certainly have missed the drubbing that tech and specifically biotech stocks suffered. However, nowhere was it worse than in the "hedge fund hotel" basket of names most near and dear to the hearts of hedge funds, and respectively those most hated, one which Goldman defines as the long Very Important Positions <GSTHHVIP> vs. short Very Important Shorts <GSTHVISP>. It was here that P&Ls saw one of the worst weekly losses for hedge fund positions since 2001.
According to Goldman's David Kostin, the past week has been among the worst 5-day returns for GSTHHVIP relative to the S&P 500 since 2001.
The past 5 trading days rank in the lowest 2% of returns since May 2001 and are the worst aside from the sharp market retreat in 2002, the 2008 financial crisis, and 2011 debt ceiling debate. A stable S&P 500 makes the current underperformance more notable."
Especially when after five years of underperforming the market, investors continue to ask themselves just what are they paying hedges 2 and 20 for - obviously it is not to hedge risk, in a market in which the Fed has made it all too clear a market downturn is no longer a possibility. It must be for the "benefits" of the herd effect of everyone loading up on the same positions, and when one sells, everyone sells and leading to sharp losses for the bulk of the "smart money out there."
What else: "Key stock contributors to hedge fund underperformance were longs in AMZN, GILD, DISH, PCLN, YHOO, and FB that are each down at least 5%. Favorite shorts such as SLB, T, IBM, JNJ and EXC are up more than 4%."
Where have we seen before? And, more to the point, where have we warned this would happen? Why here: "Presenting The Best Trading Strategy Over The Past Year: Why Buying The Most Hated Names Continues To Generate "Alpha"."
Finally, the good news: at least hedge funds, which apparently where whipsawed with a big position and pair trade unwind last week, are not levered to the hilt. Oh wait...
Nevermind.
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The hedge funds have much more FED protection than in 2011 and 2008. That is what the graph is showing. BTFD
Stupid is the new smart.
i'm buyng Silver Bitches!!!!! :-)
Now that's entertainment. Leveraged 30 to 1 it's gonna leave a mark.
Thanks, Tyler.
Oh, gimme a fucking break. The graph doesn't even show what the story headline says.
"Among the worst". Yeah, in 143rd position.
you can hate me...but you'll hate the inflation more.
"burn baby burn."
But did JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs lose money?
"Where Are the Customers' Yachts?"
Five days are well below statistical noise.
Smart money is an oxymoron.
These are pieces of paper or abstract digits in a computer just like FR "money". Try and use them to buy tangible assets.
Who do I tell...FUCK YOU? How about Goldman Sachs?
Who is shorting JNJ?
Anyway doesn't matter what falls when the fed will make it up next week. Just an odd cycle of accumulation and distribution, don't worry about it.
how can allocation be bigger than aum? oh, snap!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcxpbhM0DaA
Ackman was probably at the top of the list with HLF rallying on Uncle Carl's new board seats and APD getting slammed.
Who cares?
5 day performance of anything (vs an equity index) can't be judged as anything in particular. It's just random. If the prices of a handful of stocks, in a concentrated portfolio, go in a different direction to what was expected over 5 days, then this could be due to myriad reasons. It's absurd that anythjng can be judged over 5 days.
Odds are next week bounces, LOL
It doesn't take rocket appliances to know the smartest money play is go full retard....bet it all on the most money losing toxic sludge out there and you absolutely can't lose!
where can you find an auto updating list of most short interest stocks?
Wait, I hear a noise overhead. A lonely sound, a distant sound, the sound of Malaysian Airlines MH370 leaving the Dragon's Triangle and coming in for an emergency landing at Idlewild Airport. That occurrence is as believable as the U.S. economy turning around and generating good paying jobs for Americans.