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Identifying Crowded Names — Q2 2021 Earnings Season

April 18, 2021

This week we revisit a popular Factor Spotlight topic as we head into the thick of Q2 2021 earnings season. With a market bracing for a procession of earnings announcements, we will explore the various forms of crowding measures to better understand what names are most vulnerable to systematic pressures stemming from concentrated holdings across the investment management landscape. Before we...

Kevin Wahlberg

Hedge Fund Crowding Wolfe Research Retail Investor Sentiment 2021

Are You Prepared for the Next Short Squeeze?

January 31, 2021

This week’s tumultuous markets showed us the power of the crowd, even when the crowd is an untraditional one. Retail investor sentiment has caused pain in the short seller’s market before, but the past week saw market movement at unprecedented levels in recent times, as evidenced by the massive trading volumes on the NYSE and NASDAQ. Could the pain caused in institutional investor...

Alyx Flournoy, CFA

Hedge Fund Crowding Wolfe Research 2021

Identifying Crowded Names — Q1 2021 Earnings Season

January 24, 2021

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Alyx Flournoy, CFA

Hedge Fund Crowding 2020 Earnings

Most Crowded Names Ahead of Q2 2020 Earnings

May 03, 2020

Omer Cedar

Hedge Fund Crowding Wolfe Research 2020

Hedge Fund Crowding - Q1 2020 Update

January 19, 2020

One of our more popular Factor Spotlights of 2019 centered around hedge fund crowding. As we head into another earnings season, we wanted to revisit the topic as it pertains to a few key industries.As a reminder, we shared a 2019 paper that posited that the level of concentration has been consistently on the rise, stemming from three key reasons:

Omer Cedar

2019 Healthcare Hedge Fund Crowding

The Riskiness of Crowds

October 13, 2019

As we head full force into earnings season next week, I have been thinking about the most popular topics of discussion with our clients over recent months. Last Friday’s rocky market action set the backdrop for what is sure to be an interesting week ahead, as geopolitical developments and economic news mean there will be so much to parse.

Julia Casals