

Even though we recommend positions in only a tiny fraction of the companies we analyze, we check out as many stocks as we can. We go through lists like the 15 best blue chip stocks to buy to pick the best large-cap stocks to buy. So, we are checking out this under the radar cannabis stock right now. For example, the House passed a landmark bill decriminalizing marijuana. Even if you aren’t comfortable with shorting stocks, you should at least avoid initiating long positions in stocks that are in our short portfolio.Īt Insider Monkey we leave no stone unturned when looking for the next great investment idea. We have been tracking and sharing the list of these stocks since February 2017 in our quarterly newsletter. Investors who are long the market and short these stocks would have returned more than 27% annually between 20. Interestingly the margin of underperformance of these stocks has been increasing in recent years.

We were also able to identify in advance a select group of hedge fund holdings that underperformed the market by 10 percentage points annually between 20. Nevertheless, we were still able to identify in advance a select group of hedge fund holdings that outperformed the S&P 500 ETFs by more than 66 percentage points since March 2017 ( see the details here). So, why do we pay attention to hedge fund sentiment before making any investment decisions? Our research has shown that hedge funds’ small-cap stock picks managed to beat the market by double digits annually between 19, but the margin of outperformance has been declining in recent years. Video: Watch our video about the top 5 most popular hedge fund stocks. There were 46 hedge funds in our database with IPHI holdings at the end of June.

Our calculations also showed that IPHI isn’t among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds (click for Q3 rankings and see the video for a quick look at the top 5 stocks). The all time high for this statistic is 46. Inphi Corporation (NYSE: IPHI) was in 34 hedge funds’ portfolios at the end of the third quarter of 2020. The number of bullish hedge fund bets decreased by 12 recently. Is IPHI a good stock to buy? Prominent investors were taking a bearish view.
