Hedge funds rebuilt Magnificent Seven longs in September, Hazeltree report says
Hazeltree's Data Insights division reported that hedge funds increased long exposure to several Magnificent Seven stocks in September, led by Alphabet, while short positioning rose in Meta and Tesla. The report said Alphabet's long-to-short fund count ratio recovered above 1.0x after falling below that level in August, leaving Apple and Tesla as the only Magnificent Seven stocks with more short than long positions.
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Hedge funds increased long exposure to several Magnificent Seven stocks in September, led by Alphabet, according to Hazeltree's Crowding Report.
“Hedge funds increased their long exposure to several Magnificent Seven stocks in September, led by Alphabet”
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Short positioning in Meta and Tesla rose notably among funds.
“On the short side, Meta and Tesla saw notable increases in fund participation”
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Alphabet's long-to-short fund count ratio recovered above 1.0x after falling below that level in August. GOOGL
“Alphabet's long-to-short fund count ratio recovered above 1.0x after falling below that level in August”
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Apple and Tesla were the only Magnificent Seven stocks with more short than long positions.
“leaving Apple and Tesla as the only Magnificent Seven stocks with more short than long”
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Short positioning declined across Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet and Apple.
“Short positioning declined across Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet and Apple.”
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