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Hedge fund short bets near five-year highs as Goldman warns of squeeze risk

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Hedge funds have increased bearish equity positions to near five-year highs, raising the risk of a sharp short squeeze if markets rebound, according to a report by Bloomberg citing Goldman Sachs prime brokerage data. Short selling has outpaced long buying across global equities by approximately five to one this month, with short leverage reaching the 99th percentile of its five-year range. Net leverage among fundamental long-short funds has fallen to near a three-year low, despite an increase in gross leverage. The defensive positioning follows a sharp reversal in artificial intelligence-relat

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