Quote: "The hedge fund manager (Ray Dalio) said on Jan. 23 in an interview with CNBC that investors will see "a market blowoff" rally fueled by a flood of cash. "If you're holding cash, you're going to feel pretty stupid," he said.
Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates in 1975. The hedge fund now manages about $160 billion, according to its website. Bridgewater also has the biggest cumulative net profit for a hedge fund firm ever, according to data from LCH Investments. From inception to 2017, Dalio's firm posted a nearly $50 billion gain for its investors, the data showed.
Story 2: January 31, 2018: Bridgewater Huge Net Short Positions on Major DAX Stocks announced in the Federal Gazette (gooogle "net short positions, Federal Gazette Germany," and type in "Bridgewater"
Or click on this chart to get facts & figures: BRIDGEWATER vs. DAX: DAY TO COVER RATIO ON DAX HEAVY WEIGHTED STOCKS (average 30 days) :
Deutsche Telekom AG: 1,93 Days to cover SAP SE: 2,05 Days to cover DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT: 2,07 Days to cover Deutsche Post AG: 3,6 (!) Days to cover Fresenius: SE & Co. KGaA: 2,06 Days to cover Siemens: 2,01 Days to cover Allianz SE: 1,9 Days to cover Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in München: 2,07 Days to cover adidas AG: 1,49 Days to cover BASF SE: 2,75 Days to cover Bayer Aktiengesellschaft: 2,34 Days to cover E ON SE: 1,18 Days to cover Daimler AG: 1,11 Days to cover
To compare this to other net short positons: TESLA is shorted by 18 % of all stocks - but the day to cover ratio of this huge positons is actually just in a range between 2 to maximum 6 tradingdays (!). nasdaq.com/symbol/tsla/short-interest
If ever BRIDGEWATER is wrong about this idea to short the DAX than Europes Bellwether will raise dramatically. BRIDGEWATER is not only shorting the DAX . BRIDGEWATER is shorting also Italien Banks by 3 Billion Euro. BRIDGEWATER is the largest hedgefonds in the world. "Bridgewater manages about $150 billion in global investments for approximately 350 of the largest and most sophisticated institutional clients." Source: bridgewater.com/
If BRIDGEWATER is shorting the DAX and same time "the largest and most sophisticated institutional clients" having long positions in the DAX there are just two options:
a): BRIDGEWATER is bedding against own clients b): Clients following Bridgewater and this could be close to manipulating the market.
Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio says in a LinkedIn blog post that the Federal Reserve's response to better-than-expected economic data and more fiscal spending may lead to an economic slowdown. "What we do know is that we are in the part of the cycle in which the central banks' getting monetary policy right is difficult and that this time around the balancing act will be especially difficult," he writes. The firm manages about $160 billion, according to its website." cnbc.com/2018/02/12/ray-dalio-risks-of-a-recession-are-rising.html
1. Selling short positions: Aggressive by high numbers 2. Buying back: "silently, by lower numbers".
So what does this mean?
If you sell high numbers of stocks than you know that you move the markets. If you by small numbers of stocks you try to avoid to move the markets to the upside.
For sure you dont expect shortterm lower stockmarket prices - otherwise you don´t buy back.
The question is:
a) How fast the DAX and all shorted stocks might go up now? b) At waht point BRIDGEWATER might be forced to increase to buy back short positions? c) Will this effect the markets going up or to spike to the up side?
Remind: Bridgwater size of shortpositions in DAX heavy weights is still muliple full day turnover.
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update: Follow the history of headlines - it´s self explaining. The headlines are showing, how long even Zerohedge needs to understand, what´s going on and how huge the short is (fo a single hedgefonds - and for European Stockmarkets). There are also now traders starting to buy what Dalio sold. And they are right in stocks like Airbus wich made a new all time high on Friday, January 16th.
It's Dalio Versus Everyone Else as Money Flows to Europe
I’m surprised. That’s a big bet. Dalio and his team are very confident,” said Rick Herman, managing director of asset allocation who helps oversee about $30 billion at BB&T Institutional Investment Advisors Inc. “That’s definitely out of consensus. European stocks are cheaper, and they also have stronger earnings growth.” bloombergquint.com/markets/2018/02/26/it-s-dalio-versus-everyone-else-as-money-flows-to-europe-stocks
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Just to compare: US-Investors sold assets for 41 Bn USD in a full month. BRIDGEWATER sold stocks for at least 22 Bn USD just within a few days only. Same time Europe’s Stockmarket is much smaller than the US Stockmarket.
„Investors staged a near-record exodus from US stocks in February
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin: More countries may be exempted from the tariffs Canada and Mexico may not be the only two countries getting a break from the U.S. tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin tells CNBC the process will continue to determine whether other countries should be excused from the duties. cnbc.com/2018/03/09/treasury-secretary-mnuchin-there-may-be-more-countries-exempted-from-the-tariffs.html
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up date: 6th warning on BRIDGEWATER net short positions
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