Where short sellers bet on falling prices

Dusseldorf The German stock market has already fallen a lot this year, but professional investors obviously see further price risks: The number of reportable bets on falling prices fell only slightly from the year’s high – from 210 to 191. This is shown by an evaluation of data from the Federal Gazette, where the Short bets made by professional investors are published.

Although the bets have been reduced at 44 of the 160 companies from the Dax, MDax and SDax since the beginning of July, they have been increased at 29. Overall, the level of betting is still above average, observes Volker Brühl, Managing Director of the Center for Financial Studies in Frankfurt: “We only see a slight downward trend. This means that there is obviously still downside potential in the markets.”

Read below how the short bets of the world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater have developed and what this means for the market, and find out which stocks short sellers are particularly active at the moment.