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The big shorts

The big shorts

6.36k followers14 symbols Watchlist by Yahoo Finance

This basket consists of stocks with large short positions against them.

Curated by Yahoo Finance

Background

Some of the most famous, or infamous, trades in the hedge fund business include shorts. This is when the fund manager bets on the price of a stock going down. Analysts at Goldman Sachs have identified these stocks as being among the most heavily shorted stocks in the market.

How did we choose these stocks?

Each of these stocks was chosen by the Yahoo Finance editorial staff.

Who made these selections?

Yahoo Finance is the most-read business website in the US, garnering roughly 75 million unique visitors every month. The site has extensive coverage of both consumer technology and the business of tech companies.

How are these weighted?

The stocks in this watchlist are weighted equally.

Performance

WatchlistChange today1-month return1-year returnTotal return
The big shorts-0.17%-4.29%-9.17%+11.39%
^GSPC+0.11%+3.10%+29.71%+5549.84%

14 symbols

SymbolCompany nameLast priceChange% changeMarket timeVolumeAvg vol (3-month)Market cap
WMTWalmart Inc.60.17-0.55-0.91%16:00 GMT-411.17M20.46M484.85B
XOMExxon Mobil Corporation116.24+1.27+1.10%16:01 GMT-413.85M18.49M461.22B
PGThe Procter & Gamble Company162.25-0.36-0.22%16:00 GMT-47.19M6.91M381.78B
CVXChevron Corporation157.74+1.39+0.89%16:02 GMT-46.02M8.79M292.97B
DISThe Walt Disney Company122.36+1.38+1.14%16:01 GMT-411.60M12.58M224.44B
ABTAbbott Laboratories113.66+0.18+0.16%16:00 GMT-43.30M5.75M197.22B
GEGeneral Electric Company175.53-4.59-2.55%16:00 GMT-48.10M6.08M191.90B
INTCIntel Corporation44.17+0.40+0.91%16:00 GMT-454.18M45.37M186.75B
CATCaterpillar Inc.366.43+1.78+0.49%16:00 GMT-42.03M2.47M182.99B
IBMInternational Business Machines Corporation190.96+0.16+0.08%16:00 GMT-42.26M5.22M175.06B
TAT&T Inc.17.6+0.05+0.28%16:01 GMT-421.74M38.87M125.89B
BAThe Boeing Company192.99+1.04+0.54%16:00 GMT-43.84M10.42M117.75B
TGTTarget Corporation177.21+2.54+1.45%16:00 GMT-43.71M3.95M81.82B