50 Most Held Stocks by Top HFs

tlynch5:

Interesting that no one holds GS lol (or any BB besides JPM/C)

I was thinking the same thing.

mb666:

Good old Zerohedge posting GS's research. There's not enough info to make any assumptions about the holdings... what kind of funds are these? If these are all long bias funds then it would make sense to buy way out of the money puts when the markets look like they are in trouble and redemptions/liquidations are possible. Then again there are perma-bears tooting pessimistic nonsense everyday. HFs also learned from 2008 how to handle redemptions... lock-in investors.

It's beyond me why anyone would want to own equity in C or even CIT. You're better off betting on black on the roulette table to double your money.

WTF is LYB and LINTA?

I'm surprised stocks such as WYNN, CAT, DE, X, JOYG weren't on the list... Not too many high betas. I also expected more commodity and general growth companies (e.g. CRM). HFs are becoming like mutual funds. The space is too crowded and alpha is likely the result of leverage. I can't even tell the difference between absolute returns or relative returns, although in bad years most HFs have atrocious "absolute" returns.

How do you not know LYB..it's been one of the most talked about post-bankruptcy stocks for the last year..........

cold pizza 2:

^ I thought that piece of shit CMG would be on the list.

My broker (piece of shit Scottrade) actually bought-to-cover my short on it, because they couldn't borrow any shares... didn't even have the decency to let me know prior to it happening.

so many on that list are overpriced POSs... BIDU being a prime example.

Chipotle having a 9.4 billion market cap is a little ridiculous but that's what happens with growth names. The danger is someone buying them out. That slow trending upwards chart during a crappy overall market is saying leave it alone.

I know that a few HFs got hurt holding GMCR short. Up until the summer that stock was a monster (then lost half it's value in 3 months). Several years ago there was a massive short squeeze in HFs by Volkswagen AG.

In The Flesh:

Let this be a lesson to everybody: you can't go wrong with the strong, steady equities.

unless the entire market is tanking...