Salient to Investors:

Amanda Schneider at Goldman Sachs said that more than half of the 50 favorite short positions of the major hedge funds have outperformed the S&P 500 year so far this year, and 5 have returned over 100%.

The top 25 stocks on the Goldman list based on the dollar value of their short interest are:

  • Sysco
  • Coca-Cola
  • Target
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • SanDisk
  • UPS
  • Schlumberger
  • General Electric
  • Chevron
  • Pfizer
  • Caterpillar
  • ConocoPhillips
  • EMC Corp.
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Netflix
  • Wal-Mart
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Walt Disney
  • Salesforce.com
  • Verizon
  • IBM
  • Exxon Mobil
  • AT&T
  • Gilead
  • Intel

Read the full article at http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-hedge-fund-short-positions-2013-11?op=1

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