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Shorting Has Hurt Some Long-Short Funds More Than Others

Maverick, Viking, Tiger Global, and others have produced mixed results in their short and long portfolios so far this year.

By Stephen Taub Stephen Taub
July 17, 2017
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Lee Ainslie III, Maverick Capital Management (photo credit: Jonathan Fickies/Bloomberg)

It’s no secret that shorting in a surging stock market is generally not a road to riches.

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