Hedge Funds Bailed From US Equities Ahead of Trump Tariffs
- Pro speculators dumped US equities for five straight weeks: GS
- Retail traders poured $2.1B into US stocks on Friday: JPM
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There is one nook in the market that took President Donald Trump’s tariff threats seriously last week: professional speculators.
Hedge funds dumped US equities for a fifth straight week, according to data from Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s prime brokerage, as the AI threat from China’s DeepSeek and Trump’s promise to impose steep levies on America’s biggest trading partners rippled through markets. The funds ramped up short sales in single stocks and long sales in macro products, the data show.