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Here's an excellent in-depth read from Goldman Sachs that ties directly into our tracking of hedge fund movements. And we say this because the majority of their data was taken from SEC filings and public disclosures, exactly what we track here on Market Folly. In the report, they specifically focus on hedge fund re-risking and the fact that these funds now have net long exposure near levels unseen in a long time.

Some interesting tidbits we took away from the piece are as follows:

- Hedge funds now own 3.7% of the financial sector's market capitalization.

- Hedge funds boosted ownership in financials by 55% on a quarter over quarter basis, to $70 billion.

- They favored Bank of America (BAC) as the number of funds owning it doubled (quarter over quarter). JPMorgan Chase (JPM) was the second favorite. This echoes what we have been seeing in our 13F analysis. Notable fund managers like Dan Loeb (Third Point) and John Paulson (Paulson & Co) loaded up on shares of BAC, among many other prominent managers. It really is almost astounding how many big names piled into this play over the last quarter.

Those are just a few of the major talking points, but there is a ton of great information in this report and if you enjoy reading our posts on a daily basis then you'll love this report, hands down. Email readers please come to the blog to view the embedded document below.

Here's Goldman Sachs' Hedge Fund Trend Monitor:

Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Monitor


If you would like to download the .pdf, you can easily do so via this link. Please be aware that Market Folly is not the one hosting this document and hat tip to that individual for doing so. And as always, make sure to check out our hedge fund portfolio tracking series as we update it daily.