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...
My name is Alyx Flournoy and I’m thrilled to join the Omega Point family as the Head of Product Specialists. For my first foray into Factor Spotlight, I’ll be continuing from last week’s look at the long-short hedge fund existential crisis by focusing on a dataset that is rising in popularity as an indicator of Retail Investor Sentiment. If you’ve noticed some unusual behavior in your...
