To: RockyTx
[only a moron would believe Melvin C when they claim
they have covered.]
It’s a strong possibility. It may have been 1% of their portfolio that suddenly became 20%, as the stock rocketed from $20 to $400. Note that the fund was probably fully invested. So they had to sell large amounts of other assets to raise cash to meet margin calls. It’s also likely that the fund was leveraged. An individual investor can borrow $1 for every $1 of cash he brings to the table. A hedge fund can, in theory, borrow $10 for every $1 of investor capital, depending on what it’s buying. If it borrowed even $1 for every $1 of equity, that accounts almost completely for the 50% plunge, with the rest the result of the portfolio’s decline from liquidating big cap stocks at a discount to recent prices to meet margin calls.
45 posted on
01/31/2021 11:15:51 AM PST by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
To: Zhang Fei
I think its possible the Melvin swapped their risk with some friends.
with the intension of getting the words,,
Melvin Capital
out of the headlines
there is still a huge problem
48 posted on
01/31/2021 11:29:19 AM PST by
RockyTx
To: Zhang Fei
As a by product of the short squeeze and their need to raise capital, our stock portfolio took a fairly big hit this week.
If their short really hasn't been cleared as I suspect, I expect more collateral damage to the average investor.
49 posted on
01/31/2021 11:33:27 AM PST by
Texan
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