Goldman Sachs said hedge funds have been reducing technology-stock holdings at the fastest pace since 2016 years ago, with semiconductors facing concentrated selling
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Goldman Sachs data show that hedge funds rapidly reduced technology-stock holdings, with the semiconductor sector becoming the focus of concentrated selling.
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Goldman Sachs: Hedge funds have been reducing their technology-stock holdings at the fastest pace since 2016 years ago, with semiconductors facing concentrated selling
PANews October 20 reported, citing Jin10 Data, that Goldman Sachs Prime Services data show that, over the five trading days through last Thursday, hedge funds' net sales of technology stocks as a proportion of holdings reached 2016 the highest level since tracking began years ago. The semiconductor and semiconductor equipment sectors accounted for 57%of the net selling in U.S. technology stocks. Last week, the Nasdaq 100 Index fell 5.5%, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell by approximately 11.4%. Following the reductions, technology stocks still accounted for 23.5%of net allocations in Goldman Sachs' global prime brokerage book, placing them at the 5 th percentile over the past years. Goldman Sachs also reported that 90 leveraged equities October 12 to 16 saw net inflows of nearly ETF, a weekly record, of which 9500000000 USD recorded inflows of approximately SOXL 7000000000 USD。
According to Jin10 Data, Goldman Sachs Prime Services data show that, over the five trading days through last Thursday, hedge funds' net sales of technology stocks as a proportion of holdings reached 2016 the highest level since tracking began years ago.
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The semiconductor and semiconductor equipment sectors accounted for 57%。
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Last week, the Nasdaq 100 Index fell 5.5%, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell by approximately 11.4%。
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Following the reductions, technology stocks still accounted for 23.5%of net allocations in Goldman Sachs' global prime brokerage book, placing them at the 5 th percentile over the past years. 90
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According to Goldman Sachs statistics,October 12 to 16 leveraged equities ETF saw net inflows of nearly 9500000000 USD, a weekly record, of which SOXL recorded inflows of approximately 7000000000 USD。
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Hedge funds concentrated their sales of technology stocks over five trading days, with semiconductor-related stocks accounting for more than half of net sales in U.S. technology stocks. Meanwhile, the two related stock indices declined markedly. However, technology stocks still maintained a high allocation in Goldman Sachs' global prime brokerage book, and leveraged equities ETF also saw substantial net inflows.
Why it matters to readers
These data also show institutional reductions in technology stocks, declines in related indices, and inflows into leveraged ETF funds, which can be used to observe divergent capital flows and market volatility in the technology and semiconductor sectors.
Beginners should distinguish among hedge fund net selling, index movements, and ETF net inflows: they are different indicators, and future trends cannot be judged on the basis of only one of them.
Risks and unknowns
The content is PANews' paraphrase of Goldman Sachs data cited from Jin10 Data and does not provide a link to the original Goldman Sachs report.
The original text does not clearly specify the year or full dates corresponding to “last Thursday” and “last week.”
The original text does not state whether the selling will continue or provide future price trends.
The original text does not provide capital flows or price performance for BTC or ETH, so its impact on crypto assets cannot be confirmed.
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