welches in gewisser Weise mit dem von mir geposteten Statement von John Mauldin in
#1824 korreliert:
…..I wish I could say the worst of the hedge fund selling is over. Unfortunately that is not the case. In reality, the hedge fund selling will not be over as long as there are still hedge funds that need to raise cash to meet investor redemptions. Last Friday was the deadline for investors to request a cash redemption so they can receive it before the end of the current tax year. Now the hedge funds have about 6 weeks to do their selling. Some have already started (as witnessed in Friday's hard selldown during the final 30 minutes of the regular stock trading session). I don't think they will all necessarily rush to the exit at the same time, but the more sophisticated among them will use all opportunity at their disposal. For example, some may begin by selling S&P futures on GLOBEX as early as Sunday evening and then converting into their stocks during the day session. Others might begin selling individual US stocks that are traded as ADRs on foreign exchanges before the US market opens.
Because their very survival depends upon meeting these redemptions, hedge funds are prone to panic selling just like everyone else. It is all about the emotion of being boxed into a corner and having to fend for self-preservation to survive. If futures and stock indexes start cratering too quickly, many funds may feel they have no choice but to grab whatever they can get, at any price they can get. Time is not on their side and they know they do not have any luxury of waiting. Waiting may present them with much lower prices. This could actually be quite explosive.
The intra-day rally last Friday accomplished a gap closure left over from Friday's open (DJIA, SPX, NDX, QQQQ, SPY, DIA, etc). Now that this little technicality has been achieved, pressure leans heavily toward resuming the downside. As for my own trading, I plan to treat any rally this next week as an opportunity to add to index put options or reverse index ETFs…..
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