Crowded Hedge Fund Trades Are Unwinding Fast After Ugly October
THE SO WHAT
The unwind of crowded AI and macro trades means correlation spikes just as many tech names were priced for perfection. Operators should assume higher equity and funding volatility over the next quarter and avoid timing critical raises or secondary sales into this kind of de-risking.
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