Hedge Funds Score Profits In Short Bets This Year

A recent report from Credit Suisse finds that long/short ratio in MSCI World Index declined across all regions. At the same time, the U.S saw its biggest fall in long-bias where net exposure fell to 17.6%.

The way markets moved at the beginning of this year was in stark contrast with how things went in January 2013. It seems a lot of investors are now betting that a correction is in order and are thus piling up on their bearish bets. We are taking this...