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Hedge Funds Narrow Their Focus Within Sectors While Trimming Magnificent Seven

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Michelle deBoer-Jones
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Hedge funds trimmed their positions in six of the Magnificent Seven stocks, although they remain at the top of the list of the most popular positions, according to Goldman Sachs. Fund managers also sought alpha in the Trump trade and “Phase 3” AI stocks.

Long/ short equity up YTD

The average U.S. long/ short equity hedge fund is up 3% year to date with support from both alpha and beta, according to Goldman Sachs’ latest “Hedge Fund Trend Monitor.” The firm’s basket of the most popular long positions is already up 10% year to date, with hot longs outperforming concentrated shorts across most sectors.

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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.