People walk in the Goldman Sachs global headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 15, 2021.
Systematic fund managers, particularly those which had short bets on highly traded stock names, got caught trying to get out of crowded trades and found themselves stuck in losing positions, Goldman Sachs (GS.N) said.
A short stock position bets its price will decline.
An index of these funds tracked by Goldman Sachs had their "third worst single day this year," the investment bank said in a note to clients.
The hedge fund strategies Goldman Sachs tracked included "market neutral" hedge funds which try not to hold an overwhelmingly long or short view on the market, as well as "arbitrage" funds, which profit from the difference in company stock prices in related sectors.
Persons:
Goldman Sachs, Andrew Kelly, Goldman, Jerome Powell, Nell Mackenzie, Mark Heinrich Our
Organizations:
REUTERS, Goldman Sachs, Global, U.S . Federal Reserve, Fed, Treasury, Thomson
Locations:
Manhattan , New York, U.S