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5 Apr 2024

Hedge funds are shorting Bitcoin at record levels.

Is another massive short squeeze ahead of us ? Source: Bloomberg, www.zerohedge.com

25 Mar 2024

Goldman: "The institutional Bitcoin net long and hedgefund Bitcoin net short lengths are at record levels".

Is another epic squeeze coming? Source: www.zerohedge.com

29 Feb 2024

Hedge funds are loading up on japanese stocks with the Nikkei at all-time highs

Source: Win Smart, CFA

26 Feb 2024

Chinese Authorities froze a quant hedge fund's account for 3 days after it dumped more than $360 million worth of stocks within the first minute of trading.

Source: Barchart

8 Feb 2024

Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman to launch a NYSE-listed fund for regular investors

The hedge fund billionaire is planning to launch a closed end fund, investing in 12 to 24 large-cap, investment grade, “durable growth” companies in North America, according to a regulatory filing. There will be no minimum investment. Unlike traditional hedge funds that typically charge a 2% management fee on the total assets under management plus a performance fee of 20% of the fund’s profits, Ackman’s new fund doesn’t have a performance fee in place. source : cnbc

25 Jan 2024

Germany's Dax closed at fresh all-time-high just as hedge fund Qube built a $1bn short bet against top German stocks

Volkswagen, Deutsche Bank, Rheinmetall, Siemens Energy, Hellofresh, and Morphosys are among those being wagered against. Source: Bloomberg

22 Jan 2024

As stocks hit all-time highs, hedge funds are massively shorting stocks Goldman trading desk: "equity skeptics have piled on short bets

Per our Prime Team, shorts outpaced longs by 2:1 this past week, and 3:1 YTD. " Source: Goldman Sachs, www.zerohedge.com

22 Jan 2024

10-Year Treasury Largest Short Position in History 🚨: Hedge Funds are now short more than 889,000 contracts on the 10-Year Treasury, the largest 10-Year Treasury short position in history

Source: Barchart

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