Wall Street traders believe the main reason for the sharp decline in U.S. stocks is the liquidation of hedge funds, with the market expecting multiple funds to face complete liquidation
In response to the sharp decline in U.S. stocks yesterday, most traders and analysts on Wall Street believe that the main reason is not a deterioration in fundamentals, but rather the liquidation by hedge funds. Noel Smith, Co-Chief Investment Officer of Kai Asset Management, stated: "It is extremely rare to see such a decline without significant market news. It smells like liquidation."In addition to the report last night by Bloomberg that multi-strategy hedge fund Walleye Capital will streamline its internal long-short equity business, the market generally expects several funds to be undergoing complete liquidation, or that the pods (independent investment teams) within multi-strategy funds are being forced to close positions or liquidate.According to a list released this morning by the well-known financial research community Special Situations, several hedge funds are facing difficulties, including Axebrook, Walleye, Engineers Gate, Lone Pine, Millennium internal pod, Verition pod, and Samlyn, mainly involving large redemptions, shutting down internal teams, or changing PMs.It is worth mentioning that during the major turbulence in the U.S. stock market in July this year, the AI hedge fund Situational Awareness also encountered a similar incident, with fund assets shrinking by 67%, and subsequently reached an emergency exit deal with Citadel, selling most of its publicly traded stock holdings at a discount.