📉💼🔍 Short Sellers Rotate Out of Tech Ahead of Trump's Tariff "Liberation Day"
🔹 Summary:
Short sellers diversified away from tech in March, reducing exposure ahead of President Trump's April 2 tariff escalation, while spotlighting AI-linked stocks like Super Micro Computer.
Hazeltree data shows broader sector targeting and early repositioning as bearish bets surged on names like IBM, MicroStrategy, and Gucci-owner Kering.
🔹 Key Points:
• Super Micro Computer became the most shorted U.S. large-cap stock with a short score of 99, surpassing Chevron.
• Tech shorting narrowed from eight of the top 10 in February to just five in March.
• IBM and MicroStrategy saw sharp increases in short interest, with both scoring 93 on Hazeltree's shorting scale.
• Non-tech names like Capital One and Lululemon also entered the top 10 most shorted list.
• Europe's most shorted stock was Kering, followed by H&M, while Japan's Disco led in Asia for the third month.
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