Goldman Sachs: Hedge Funds Liquidate Entire 2025 AI Stock Buying Positions in 5 Days

Goldman Sachs data shows that hedge funds offloaded their entire cumulative purchases of global AI-related stocks since the start of 2025 in just 5 trading days, marking five consecutive trading days of net selling in global AI stocks. Additionally, hedge funds reduced their technology holdings by approximately $20 billion within two weeks, with most of the reduction coming from selling existing positions—at a pace 3.5 times faster than new short positions in AI-related stocks.

Goldman Sachs' basket of most-favored stocks among hedge funds fell 4.2% on October 22, the largest single-day decline since 2011. Steno Research, citing Morgan Stanley data since 2016, reported that overall equity exposure among hedge funds was cut by approximately 7.8%, the largest decline in the data series. (Coin Bureau)