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20 Stocks Under The Control Of Hedge Funds

Steven Perlberg   

20 Stocks Under The Control Of Hedge Funds
Stock Market1 min read

Kid On Leash

The Consumerist

Goldman Sachs recently released its new "Hedge Fund Trend Monitor," giving clients a glimpse into the investment moves and strategies by 708 of the world's biggest funds.

In the report, Goldman lays out the 20 most "concentrated" stocks, meaning a large share of their market capitalization is owned in aggregate by hedge funds.

In upward trending markets, buying these 20 stocks has been a successful strategy. Less so in a "choppy or flat" market. From the report:

The “most concentrated” stocks lagged for most of 2007 and 2008, but significantly outperformed in 2009 (81.4% vs. 26.5%) and 2010 (15.9% vs. 15.1%). Our “most concentrated” basket underperformed the S&P 500 by 391 bp in 2011 (-1.8% vs. 2.1%) but outperformed by 814 bp in 2012 (24.1% vs. 16.0%).

We ranked the stocks based on the percentage of equity cap owned by hedge funds and included the three funds with the largest stake.

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