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Hedge funds have significantly reduced their exposure to global equities, selling stocks at the fastest pace on record over the last two weeks, culminating on March 3, 2025. This unprecedented de-risking event, noted by various market analysts, surpasses even the selling activity seen during the 2022 bear market. Institutional investors have particularly focused on U.S. tech stocks, contributing to a decline in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, which are down 6% and 9% respectively from their recent peaks. Despite this institutional sell-off, retail investors have been actively purchasing U.S. stocks, indicating a divergence in market sentiment. Analysts are raising concerns about the implications of this behavior for individual investors amid rising uncertainties and trade war worries.
While the market is only down 6% from highs there is deleveraging going on in long/short hedge funds. 6 month momentum factor gave back 2+ years in 13 days. https://t.co/G6eeWrxQ4n
‼️Retail investors are on a buying SPREE despite the market SELL-OFF: Retail has been buying US stocks for the last few weeks. At the same time, institutional investors have been dumping stocks at a record pace. Is this going to be another tough year for mom-and-pop investors? https://t.co/iGxguFKNEp
This is the scariest equity hedge fund unwind chart yet. This is the weekly GS HF VIP Index relative to the SPX. The only time we saw this was 2008 after Lehman. VIX hit 80+ while now 24. This matters because leverage was already reduced in 2008. Zelensky Friday event leading… https://t.co/vtijw1U9MS
