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These are the 25 stocks hedge funds have been shorting like crazy

Julia La RocheFeb 23, 2016, 22:10 IST

A skier crashes during the Bikini & Board Shorts Downhill at Crystal Mountain, a ski resort near Enumclaw, Washington April 19, 2014. Skiers and snowboarders competed for a chance to win one of four season's passes.Reuters/David Ryder

Hedge funds have been betting against Walt Disney, General Electric, Target, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips.

Those are some of the short positions highlighted in new research from Goldman Sachs, which put together a "Very Important Short Position List."

Goldman analyzed 860 hedge-fund portfolios with $1.8 trillion of gross equity positions ($1.2 trillion long and $650 billion short).

We've included the top 25 short positions, by value of short interest, from smallest to largest.