European Shorts

Odey's short selling (so far) in 2019

2019-01-21

The biggest Odey's short holding in our records is, as of Friday's close, up about 30% YTD. Still, Odey has been adding to this short in the past weeks.* One of the most prominent hedge fund bears, Odey, is up more than 50% in 2018, but has a negative 2019 start (ref. FT). We examined Odey's …

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European Shorts

Big EU Shorts of D.E. Shaw

2019-01-15

D. E. Shaw's flagship fund is one of the quant funds that posted double digits returns in 2018 (ref. CNBC). We had a peak at current EU shorts >0.5% ("big shorts") of D.E. Shaw, as well as some of their recently reduced big shorts.*  As of latest short disclosures, D. E. Shaw & …

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