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50 Stocks That Hedge Funds Are Shorting Like Crazy

Matthew Boesler | Aug. 1, 2012, 11:15 AM | 267,404 | 16

Goldman Sachs tracks a group of 50 stocks they like to refer

to as the "Hedge Fund VISP (Very-Important-Short Position)"basket.

The VISP stocks are the ones with the largest short positions

against them as measured by total dollar value. These are

the stocks that investors are betting will go down the most.

And these positions have largely been paying off.

Based on year-to-date total returns, 36 of the 50 positions

are in the money.

We list the stocks based on the total dollar value of the short position against them.

Staples: $0.7 billion of short bets

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Ticker:

SPLS

YTD return:

-5 percent

Short interest as a % of float:

7 percent

Industry:

Specialty Stores

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Flickr / Thomas Hawk

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Alcoa: $0.7 billion of short bets

Freeport-McMoRan: $0.7 billion of short bets

Source: Goldman Sachs

Ticker:

AA

YTD return:

2 percent


7 percent

Industry:

Aluminum


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Ticker:

FCX

flickr / Nick Bastian




3/31

Sysco: $0.7 billion of short bets

Comcast: $0.7 billion of short bets

YTD return:

-5 percent


2 percent

Industry:

Diversified Metals & Mining


Ticker:

SYY

YTD return:

2 percent


4 percent

Industry:

Food Distributors


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Ticker:

CMCSA

YTD return:




4/31

Merck & Co: $0.7 billion of short bets

33 percent


1 percent

Industry:Cable & Satellite


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Ticker:

MRK

YTD return:

14 percent


1 percent

Industry:

Merck




5/31

Fastenal: $0.8 billion of short bets

MetLife: $0.8 billion of short bets

Pharmaceuticals


Ticker:

FAST

YTD return:

-6 percent


6 percent

Industry:

Trading Companies & Distributors


flickr / Scott Stilson




6/31

McDonald's: $0.8 billion of short bets

E.I. DuPont: $0.8 billion of short bets

Ticker:

MET

YTD return:

-3 percent


2 percent

Industry:

Life & Health Insurance


Ticker:

MCD

YTD return:

-9 percent


1 percent

Industry:

Restaurants


By _bubby_ on Flickr

Ticker:




7/31

American Express: $0.8 billion of short bets

DD

YTD return:

5 percent


2 percent

Industry:

Diversified Chemicals


Wikimedia Commons

Ticker:

AXP

YTD return:

25 percent


Flickr / Images_of_Money




8/31

Phillip Morris International: $0.8 billion of short bets

Carnival Corp: $0.8 billion of short bets

1 percent

Industry:

Consumer Finance


Ticker:

PM

YTD return:

18 percent


1 percent

Industry:

Tobacco


flickr / clurichaun

Ticker:

CCL

YTD return:

4 percent


6 percent




9/31

CenturyLink: $0.8 billion of short bets

Industry:

Hotels Resorts & Cruise Lines


Flickr via aj-clicks

Ticker:

CTL

YTD return:

10 percent


3 percent

Industry:

Integrated Telecom Services


flickr / Brian Uhreen




10/31

Waste Management: $0.8 billion of short bets

Kohl's: $0.8 billion of short bets

Ticker:

WM

YTD return:3 percent


5 percent

Industry:

Environmental & Facilities Services


AP/David J. Phillip

Ticker:

KSS

YTD return:

flickr / hattiesburgmemory




11/31

Host Hotels & Resorts: $0.8 billion of short bets

Cerner Corp: $0.9 billion of short bets

-1 percent


7 percent

Industry:

Department Stores


Ticker:

HST

YTD return:

8 percent


7 percent

Industry:

Specialized REITs


www.hosthotels.com

Ticker:

CERN

YTD return:

35 percent




12/31

Procter & Gamble: $0.9 billion of short bets


7 percent

Industry:

Health Care Technology


Wikimedia Commons

Ticker:

PG

YTD return:

-6 percent


1 percent

Industry:

Household Products

Fox




13/31

Simon Property Group: $0.9 billion of short bets

Union Pacific: $0.9 billion of short bets


Ticker:

SPG

YTD return:

25 percent


2 percent

Industry:

Retail REITs


Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons




14/31

Boston Properties: $1.0 billion of short bets

Chipotle Mexican Grill: $1.0 billion of short bets

Ticker:

UNP

YTD return:

13 percent


2 percent

Industry:

Railroads


Ticker:

BXP

YTD return:

11 percent


6 percent

Industry:Office REITs


boston properties

Ticker:

CMG




15/31

AvalonBay Communities: $1.0 billion of short bets

YTD return:

14 percent


8 percent

Industry:

Restaurants


Aranami via Flickr

Ticker:

AVB

YTD return:

12 percent


7 percent

AvalonBay




16/31

Amgen: $1.0 billion of short bets

UPS: $1.0 billion of short bets

Industry:

Residential REITs


Ticker:

AMGN

YTD return:

18 percent


2 percent

Industry:

Biotechnology


Wikimedia Commons

Ticker:

UPS

YTD return:

10 percent


1 percent

Industry:




17/31

Schlumberger: $1.0 billion of short bets

Air Freight & Logistics


By jeremy_vandel on Flickr

Ticker:

SLB

YTD return:

-3 percent

Short interest as a % of float:1 percent

Industry:

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services


Schlumberger




18/31

Oracle: $1.1 billion of short bets

Bristol-Myers Squibb: $1.1 billion of short bets

Ticker:

ORCL

YTD return:

14 percent


1 percent

Industry:

Systems Software


flickr / Revolweb

Ticker:

BMY

YTD return:

2 percent

Bristol-Myers Squibb




19/31

Dell: $1.1 billion of short bets

Home Depot: $1.1 billion of short bets


2 percent

Industry:

Pharmaceuticals


Ticker:

DELL

YTD return:

-16 percent


4 percent

Industry:

Computer Hardware


By Extra Ketchup on flickr

Ticker:

HD

YTD return:

25 percent





20/31

Lockheed Martin: $1.1 billion of short bets

1 percent

Industry:

Home Improvement Retail


Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Ticker:

LMT

YTD return:11 percent


5 percent

Industry:

Aerospace & Defense

PR Newswire




21/31

Time Warner: $1.1 billion of short bets

Walgreen Co: $1.2 billion of short bets


Ticker:

TWX

YTD return:

7 percent


3 percent

Industry:

Movies & Entertainment


YouTube screenshot

Ticker:

WAG

Wikipedia




22/31

ConocoPhillips: $1.2 billion of short bets

Caterpillar: $1.2 billion of short bets

YTD return:

-9 percent


4 percent

Industry:

Drug Retail


Ticker:

COP

YTD return:

0 percent


1 percent

Industry:

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production


AP Images

Ticker:

CAT

YTD return:




23/31

Wal-Mart: $1.3 billion of short bets

-7 percent


2 percent

Industry:Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks


By zombieite on Flickr

Ticker:

WMT

YTD return:

22 percent


1 percent

Industry:

AP




24/31

General Electric: $1.4 billion of short bets

Coca-Cola: $1.4 billion of short bets

Hypermarkets & Super Centers


Ticker:

GE

YTD return:

14 percent


1 percent

Industry:

Industrial Conglomerates


Mike Simons / Getty Images




25/31

Abbott Laboratories: $1.4 billion of short bets

Walt Disney: $1.5 billion of short bets

Ticker:

KO

YTD return:

13 percent


1 percent

Industry:

Soft Drinks


Ticker:

ABT

YTD return:

19 percent


1 percent

Industry:

Pharmaceuticals


flickr / avxrents

Ticker:




26/31

Duke Energy: $1.7 billion of short bets

DIS

YTD return:

28 percent


2 percent

Industry:

Movies & Entertainment


Disney

Ticker:

DUK

YTD return:

1 percent


flickr / Hannaford




27/31

Verizon: $1.8 billion of short bets

Chevron: $2.1 billion of short bets

6 percent

Industry:

Electric Utilities


Ticker:

VZ

YTD return:

16 percent


2 percent

Industry:



Business Insider

Ticker:

CVX

YTD return:

0 percent


1 percent




28/31

AT&T: $2.3 billion

Industry:

Integrated Oil & Gas


Chevron

Ticker:

T

YTD return:

22 percent


1 percent

Industry:



Daniel Goodman / Business Insider.com




29/31

Amazon.com: $2.4 billion of short bets

IBM: $2.4 billion of short bets

Ticker:

AMZN

YTD return:

30 percent


3 percent

Industry:

Internet Retail


Ticker:

IBM

YTD return:

4 percent


1 percent

Industry:

IT Consulting & Other Services


IBM




30/31

Intel: $2.6 billion of short bets

Exxon Mobil: $2.8 billion of short bets

Ticker:

INTC

YTD return:

10 percent


2 percent

Industry:

Semiconductors


Flickr/sh4rp_i

Ticker:

XOM

YTD return:

0 percent

Wikimedia Commons




31/31

Johnson & Johnson: $2.9 billion of short bets


1 percent

Industry:

Integrated Oil & Gas


Ticker:

J NJ

YTD return:

5 percent


2 percent

Industry:

Pharmaceuticals


AP Images


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