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Hedge Fund Gross Leverage Hits All Time High As HFs Furiously Short Tech Stocks<blockquote>HFs疯狂做空科技股，对冲基金总杠杆创历史新高</blockquote>

Hedge funds are currently Underweight Info Tech stocks by -1.4% vs. the MSCI World, the lowest level since last November and in the 3rd percentile vs. the past five years.

Hedge Fund Gross Leverage Hits All Time High As HFs Furiously Short Tech Stocks<blockquote>HFs疯狂做空科技股，对冲基金总杠杆创历史新高</blockquote>

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As a result, global fundamental equity L/S hedge funds lost almost two-thirds of their YTD gains in just the past week, bringing their total YTD return to just 0.97% in what is setting up as another dismal year for the 2 and 20 crowd.<blockquote>根据高盛的大宗经纪业务，对冲基金又度过了艰难的一周，GS股票基本面L/S表现预期在4/30至5/6之间下降了-1.68%（vs MSCI World TR-0.33%），这是由-1.11%的阿尔法推动的——两个月来最差的每周阿尔法——以及较小程度上的-0.57%的贝塔（来自市场敞口和市场敏感性因素的综合）。因此，仅在过去一周，全球基本面股票L/S对冲基金就损失了近三分之二的年初至今收益，使其年初至今总回报率仅为0.97%，这将是2岁和20岁人群又一个惨淡的一年。</blockquote><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/4c1d262955a001211ed92ecfceca5b3d\" tg-width=\"501\" tg-height=\"472\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"><blockquote></blockquote>What is remarkable is just how sensitive to overall market beta the hedge fund space has become, and there is a reason for that: according to Goldman Prime,overall book Gross leverage rose +1.7 pts to 247.1%, the highest on record,while Net leverage fell -0.9 pts to 88.2% (not quite an all time high, but still 87th percentile).<blockquote>值得注意的是，对冲基金领域对整体市场贝塔值变得多么敏感，这是有原因的：根据Goldman Prime的说法，整体账面总杠杆上升+1.7个百分点至247.1%，为有记录以来的最高水平，而净杠杆率下降了-0.9个百分点，至88.2%（虽然不是历史最高水平，但仍处于87百分位）。</blockquote><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/8e8665b4387577b4f2b41e5791e348b3\" tg-width=\"1087\" tg-height=\"487\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"><blockquote></blockquote>Looking at the composition of hedge fund purchases,the overall GS Prime book was modestly net bought again in the past week(+0.15 SDs), driven by risk-on flows as long buys outpaced short sales. Specifically, single Names were net bought while Macro Products (Index and ETF combined) were net sold. North America and to a lesser extent Europe were net bought driven by long buys, while DM Asia and EM Asia were net sold driven by short sales. 8 of 11 global sectors were net bought led in $ terms by Consumer Disc, Health Care, Staples and Real Estate, while Info Tech, Materials, and Financials were net sold.<blockquote>从对冲基金申购构成来看，过去一周，GS Prime book整体再次小幅净买入（+0.15 SDs），由多头买入超过空头卖出的风险偏好流动推动。具体来说，单一品种被净买入，而宏观产品（指数和ETF组合）被净卖出。北美和欧洲在较小程度上是由多头买盘驱动的净买入，而DM Asia和EM Asia则是由空头卖盘驱动的净卖出。全球11个行业中有8个行业被净买入，其中以消费光盘、医疗保健、主食和房地产为首，而信息技术、材料和金融则被净卖出。</blockquote>Meanwhile, continuing the trend first observed last weekwhen we noted that hedge funds shorted tech sharesfor 9 of the previous 10 days, Goldman notes thatInfo Tech saw the largest net selling in nine months as managers reduced exposure for a third straight week.And in a surprise reversal to months of bullishness on IT, GS Prime points out that hedge funds are currently Underweight Info Tech stocks by -1.4% vs. the MSCI World,the lowest level since last November and in the 3rd percentile vs. the past five years.<blockquote>与此同时，高盛指出，延续上周首次观察到的趋势，当时我们注意到对冲基金在过去10天中有9天做空科技股由于管理人员连续第三周减少敞口，信息技术出现了九个月来最大的净抛售。GS Prime出人意料地扭转了数月来对其的看涨情绪，指出对冲基金目前对跑输大盘信息科技股的投资较MSCI世界下跌了-1.4%，这是自去年11月以来的最低水平，与过去五年相比处于第3百分位。</blockquote>Some more details from the Goldman reports:<blockquote>高盛报告中的更多细节：</blockquote><ul><li>Info Tech, the worst performing sector this week,was also by far the most net sold sector on the GS Prime book driven by short sales outpacing long buys 7 to 1.</li><li>Info Tech stocks were net sold for a third straight week and saw the largest week/week $ net selling since last August (-1.6 SDs). Net trading flow diverged on a subsector level – Semis &amp; Semi Equip, Software, and Electronic Equip were the most net sold, while Comm Equip and IT Services were the most net bought.</li><li>Hedge funds are currently U/W Info Tech stocks by -1.4% vs. the MSCI World,the lowest level since last November and in the 3rd percentile vs. the past five years.</li><li>From an industry group standpoint, hedge funds are still O/W Software &amp; Svcs by +4.7% (28th percentile) and U/W Semis &amp; Semi Equip and Tech Hardware by -1.6% (13th percentile) and -4.3% (18th percentile), respectively</li></ul><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/9fd6a23b77549f58ef41bd23b5de74c0\" tg-width=\"656\" tg-height=\"385\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\">And while hedge funds shorted tech, the Goldman US Consumer Discretionary sector saw the largest net buying in three months driven by E-Commerce stocks. 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As a result, global fundamental equity L/S hedge funds lost almost two-thirds of their YTD gains in just the past week, bringing their total YTD return to just 0.97% in what is setting up as another dismal year for the 2 and 20 crowd.<blockquote>根据高盛的大宗经纪业务，对冲基金又度过了艰难的一周，GS股票基本面L/S表现预期在4/30至5/6之间下降了-1.68%（vs MSCI World TR-0.33%），这是由-1.11%的阿尔法推动的——两个月来最差的每周阿尔法——以及较小程度上的-0.57%的贝塔（来自市场敞口和市场敏感性因素的综合）。因此，仅在过去一周，全球基本面股票L/S对冲基金就损失了近三分之二的年初至今收益，使其年初至今总回报率仅为0.97%，这将是2岁和20岁人群又一个惨淡的一年。</blockquote><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/4c1d262955a001211ed92ecfceca5b3d\" tg-width=\"501\" tg-height=\"472\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"><blockquote></blockquote>What is remarkable is just how sensitive to overall market beta the hedge fund space has become, and there is a reason for that: according to Goldman Prime,overall book Gross leverage rose +1.7 pts to 247.1%, the highest on record,while Net leverage fell -0.9 pts to 88.2% (not quite an all time high, but still 87th percentile).<blockquote>值得注意的是，对冲基金领域对整体市场贝塔值变得多么敏感，这是有原因的：根据Goldman Prime的说法，整体账面总杠杆上升+1.7个百分点至247.1%，为有记录以来的最高水平，而净杠杆率下降了-0.9个百分点，至88.2%（虽然不是历史最高水平，但仍处于87百分位）。</blockquote><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/8e8665b4387577b4f2b41e5791e348b3\" tg-width=\"1087\" tg-height=\"487\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"><blockquote></blockquote>Looking at the composition of hedge fund purchases,the overall GS Prime book was modestly net bought again in the past week(+0.15 SDs), driven by risk-on flows as long buys outpaced short sales. Specifically, single Names were net bought while Macro Products (Index and ETF combined) were net sold. North America and to a lesser extent Europe were net bought driven by long buys, while DM Asia and EM Asia were net sold driven by short sales. 8 of 11 global sectors were net bought led in $ terms by Consumer Disc, Health Care, Staples and Real Estate, while Info Tech, Materials, and Financials were net sold.<blockquote>从对冲基金申购构成来看，过去一周，GS Prime book整体再次小幅净买入（+0.15 SDs），由多头买入超过空头卖出的风险偏好流动推动。具体来说，单一品种被净买入，而宏观产品（指数和ETF组合）被净卖出。北美和欧洲在较小程度上是由多头买盘驱动的净买入，而DM Asia和EM Asia则是由空头卖盘驱动的净卖出。全球11个行业中有8个行业被净买入，其中以消费光盘、医疗保健、主食和房地产为首，而信息技术、材料和金融则被净卖出。</blockquote>Meanwhile, continuing the trend first observed last weekwhen we noted that hedge funds shorted tech sharesfor 9 of the previous 10 days, Goldman notes thatInfo Tech saw the largest net selling in nine months as managers reduced exposure for a third straight week.And in a surprise reversal to months of bullishness on IT, GS Prime points out that hedge funds are currently Underweight Info Tech stocks by -1.4% vs. the MSCI World,the lowest level since last November and in the 3rd percentile vs. the past five years.<blockquote>与此同时，高盛指出，延续上周首次观察到的趋势，当时我们注意到对冲基金在过去10天中有9天做空科技股由于管理人员连续第三周减少敞口，信息技术出现了九个月来最大的净抛售。GS Prime出人意料地扭转了数月来对其的看涨情绪，指出对冲基金目前对跑输大盘信息科技股的投资较MSCI世界下跌了-1.4%，这是自去年11月以来的最低水平，与过去五年相比处于第3百分位。</blockquote>Some more details from the Goldman reports:<blockquote>高盛报告中的更多细节：</blockquote><ul><li>Info Tech, the worst performing sector this week,was also by far the most net sold sector on the GS Prime book driven by short sales outpacing long buys 7 to 1.</li><li>Info Tech stocks were net sold for a third straight week and saw the largest week/week $ net selling since last August (-1.6 SDs). Net trading flow diverged on a subsector level – Semis &amp; Semi Equip, Software, and Electronic Equip were the most net sold, while Comm Equip and IT Services were the most net bought.</li><li>Hedge funds are currently U/W Info Tech stocks by -1.4% vs. the MSCI World,the lowest level since last November and in the 3rd percentile vs. the past five years.</li><li>From an industry group standpoint, hedge funds are still O/W Software &amp; Svcs by +4.7% (28th percentile) and U/W Semis &amp; Semi Equip and Tech Hardware by -1.6% (13th percentile) and -4.3% (18th percentile), respectively</li></ul><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/9fd6a23b77549f58ef41bd23b5de74c0\" tg-width=\"656\" tg-height=\"385\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\">And while hedge funds shorted tech, the Goldman US Consumer Discretionary sector saw the largest net buying in three months driven by E-Commerce stocks. As a result, the GS Prime book is now O/W US Consumer Discretionary by +3.3% vs. the S&amp;P 500,which is in the 9th percentile vs. the past year and in the 50th percentile vs. the past five years.<blockquote><ul><li>信息科技，本周表现最差的板块，也是迄今为止GS Prime账簿上净卖出最多的板块，其推动因素是卖空超过多头买入7比1。</li><li>信息科技股连续第三周净卖出，创下去年8月以来最大的周/周净卖出额（-1.6 SDs）。子行业层面的净交易流量出现分化——半成品和半成品设备、软件和电子设备是净卖出最多的，而通信设备和IT服务是净买入最多的。</li><li>对冲基金目前U/W信息科技股与MSCI世界相比下降了-1.4%，这是自去年11月以来的最低水平，与过去五年相比处于第3百分位。</li><li>从行业群体的角度来看，对冲基金仍然是O/W软件和服务提供商+4.7%（第28个百分点），U/W半成品和半设备和技术硬件分别为-1.6%（第13个百分点）和-4.3%（第18个百分点）</li></ul>尽管对冲基金做空科技股，但在电子商务股票的推动下，高盛美国非必需消费品板块出现了三个月来最大的净买入。因此，GS Prime book现在与标普500相比，美国非必需消费品增长了+3.3%，与过去一年相比处于第9百分位，与过去五年相比处于第50百分位.</blockquote><ul><li>In $ terms, Consumer Discretionary was the most net bought US sector on the GS Prime book this week, driven by risk-on flows with long buys outpacing short sales 4 to 1.</li><li>The sector’s aggregate long/short ratio (MV) on the GS Prime book ended the week at 2.53, which is in the 2nd percentile vs. the past year and in the 77th percentile vs. the past five years. The GS Prime book is now O/W US Consumer Discretionary stocks by +3.3% vs. the S&amp;P 500, which is in the 9th percentile vs. the past year and in the 50th percentile vs. the past five years.</li></ul><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f91bb2509f471f3239a9d3978a8a1581\" tg-width=\"656\" tg-height=\"383\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"><blockquote><ul><li>以美元计算，非必需消费品是本周GS Prime账簿上净买入最多的美国行业，这是由风险偏好流动推动的，多头买入的比例超过了空头卖出的比例为4比1。</li><li>GS Prime book上该行业的总多头/空头比率(MV)本周结束时为2.53，与过去一年相比处于第2百分位，与过去五年相比处于第77百分位。GS Prime book目前与标普500相比，美国非必需消费品股票增长了+3.3%，与过去一年相比，美国非必需消费品股票处于第9百分位，与过去五年相比，美国非必需消费品股票处于第50百分位。</li></ul></blockquote>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n 来源：<a href=\"https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/hedge-fund-gross-leverage-hits-all-time-high-hfs-furiously-short-tech-stocks\">zerohedge</a>\n为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"NDX":"纳斯达克100指数",".IXIC":"NASDAQ Composite"},"source_url":"https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/hedge-fund-gross-leverage-hits-all-time-high-hfs-furiously-short-tech-stocks","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1148549916","content_text":"Hedge funds had another rough week according to Goldman's Prime Brokerage, with the GS Equity Fundamental L/S  Performance Estimate falling -1.68% between 4/30 and 5/6 (vs MSCI World TR -0.33%), driven by alpha of -1.11% – the worst weekly alpha in two months – and to a lesser extent beta of -0.57% (from market exposure and the market sensitivity factor combined). As a result, global fundamental equity L/S hedge funds lost almost two-thirds of their YTD gains in just the past week, bringing their total YTD return to just 0.97% in what is setting up as another dismal year for the 2 and 20 crowd.What is remarkable is just how sensitive to overall market beta the hedge fund space has become, and there is a reason for that: according to Goldman Prime,overall book Gross leverage rose +1.7 pts to 247.1%, the highest on record,while Net leverage fell -0.9 pts to 88.2% (not quite an all time high, but still 87th percentile).Looking at the composition of hedge fund purchases,the overall GS Prime book was modestly net bought again in the past week(+0.15 SDs), driven by risk-on flows as long buys outpaced short sales. Specifically, single Names were net bought while Macro Products (Index and ETF combined) were net sold. North America and to a lesser extent Europe were net bought driven by long buys, while DM Asia and EM Asia were net sold driven by short sales. 8 of 11 global sectors were net bought led in $ terms by Consumer Disc, Health Care, Staples and Real Estate, while Info Tech, Materials, and Financials were net sold.Meanwhile, continuing the trend first observed last weekwhen we noted that hedge funds shorted tech sharesfor 9 of the previous 10 days, Goldman notes thatInfo Tech saw the largest net selling in nine months as managers reduced exposure for a third straight week.And in a surprise reversal to months of bullishness on IT, GS Prime points out that hedge funds are currently Underweight Info Tech stocks by -1.4% vs. the MSCI World,the lowest level since last November and in the 3rd percentile vs. the past five years.Some more details from the Goldman reports:Info Tech, the worst performing sector this week,was also by far the most net sold sector on the GS Prime book driven by short sales outpacing long buys 7 to 1.Info Tech stocks were net sold for a third straight week and saw the largest week/week $ net selling since last August (-1.6 SDs). Net trading flow diverged on a subsector level – Semis & Semi Equip, Software, and Electronic Equip were the most net sold, while Comm Equip and IT Services were the most net bought.Hedge funds are currently U/W Info Tech stocks by -1.4% vs. the MSCI World,the lowest level since last November and in the 3rd percentile vs. the past five years.From an industry group standpoint, hedge funds are still O/W Software & Svcs by +4.7% (28th percentile) and U/W Semis & Semi Equip and Tech Hardware by -1.6% (13th percentile) and -4.3% (18th percentile), respectivelyAnd while hedge funds shorted tech, the Goldman US Consumer Discretionary sector saw the largest net buying in three months driven by E-Commerce stocks. As a result, the GS Prime book is now O/W US Consumer Discretionary by +3.3% vs. the S&P 500,which is in the 9th percentile vs. the past year and in the 50th percentile vs. the past five years.In $ terms, Consumer Discretionary was the most net bought US sector on the GS Prime book this week, driven by risk-on flows with long buys outpacing short sales 4 to 1.The sector’s aggregate long/short ratio (MV) on the GS Prime book ended the week at 2.53, which is in the 2nd percentile vs. the past year and in the 77th percentile vs. the past five years. The GS Prime book is now O/W US Consumer Discretionary stocks by +3.3% vs. the S&P 500, which is in the 9th percentile vs. the past year and in the 50th percentile vs. the past five years.","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{".IXIC":0.9,"NDX":0.9}},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":2310,"commentLimit":10,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"symbols":[],"verified":2,"subType":0,"readableState":1,"langContent":"EN","currentLanguage":"EN","warmUpFlag":false,"orderFlag":false,"shareable":true,"causeOfNotShareable":"","featuresForAnalytics":[],"commentAndTweetFlag":false,"andRepostAutoSelectedFlag":false,"upFlag":false,"length":4,"xxTargetLangEnum":"ORIG"},"commentList":[],"hasMoreComment":false,"orderType":2}