Q4 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc
David Einhorn-backed Firefly Value Partners was one of those to report significant gains on the short side.Einhorn-Backed Firefly Had Big Short Gains In Q4, Here Are Some Of The Companies They Are Betting Against
Michelle deBoer-Jones
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The last three months of the year brought a sort of retribution and even vengeance for short-sellers on some fronts, although some popular shorts still just won't budge. With so many long/ short equity funds reporting gains in their short portfolios as their longs tumbled, we're especially focused on short holdings right now.
Michelle deBoer-Jones is editor-in-chief of Hedge Fund Alpha. She also writes comparative analyses of stocks for TipRanks and runs Providence Writing Services. Previously, she was a television news producer for eight years, producing the morning news programs for NBC affiliates in Evansville, Indiana and Huntsville, Alabama and spending a short time at the CBS affiliate in Huntsville.