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But that slight drop would have been a significant fall if the short position in shares of Worldcom, a telecommunications company, had not increased substantially.
Instead of taking a long position in shares that will probably fall, just because the company has a big weighting in an index, a hedge fund can short them.
For example, an unleveraged position in shares can be expected to generate higher absolute returns over very long periods of time relative to an unleveraged position in government bonds.
He says that it took eight long years to bring his idea of an Islamic hedge-fund platform to fruition, applying a technique called arboon to ensure that investors, in effect, take an equity position in shares before they sell them short.
Large short position in shares.
He has no position in shares of any company mentioned here.
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Improving the rating by customers from fourth to first and move from a fourth position in "share of wallet" across the industry to inside the top three.
These allow portfolio managers to shift sizeable positions in shares anonymously.
It is a lucrative business, unlikely to stop for long.Most shorting aims to hedge "long" positions in shares, and does not drive down prices overall.
Families with common stock often have a single position--in shares of an employer.
Mutual Shares unloaded a large, losing position last summer in shares of Finova, a finance company that makes loans to midsized businesses.
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