23 stocks hedge funds are shorting like crazy

traders at the big hedge funds have their targets on stocks they believe will tumble.

http://www.businessinsider.com/hedg...s-via-goldman-sachs-2015-5?op=1#ixzz3b9ypnrJa

 

It’s weird, I did not see SHAK or CMG in that list. I thought @marketsurfer was a “hedge fund expert”.

It’s about time hedgies buy the price drivers!

 

Thank you for this interesting post. I will predict all of them for one month ahead in two-three days time.
Let's see if shorting the stocks is reasonable.

But, probably, they don't really care what to short.

 

Here's the only thing you need to know about that article:

Source: Goldman Sachs

 

^ What he said.

Also, since this is a list sorted by highest value of short position outstanding,
1) Title is deceptive & potentially nothing to do w/ Hedge fund outright positioning
2) Issues tend to be some of the larger CAP stocks; which you would typically use, to some extent, as more of a general directional MARKET/SECTOR/THEME position &/or MARKET/SECTOR/THEME hedge position
2) Because of (2) no expectation that these stocks are particularly disliked by one group of participants

In conclusion, article is total cr@p, but thx for posting, always interesting.