How a Biden Presidency — And a Covid Vaccine — Could Shift Hedge Fund Fortunes

Hot hedge fund stocks like Amazon, Netflix, and Peloton are down, while laggards like Hilton Holdings jumped on vaccine news.

(Alex Kraus/Bloomberg)

(Alex Kraus/Bloomberg)

The election of Democrat Joe Biden to the presidency, along with Pfizer’s news that its vaccine for the coronavirus appears 90 percent effective, sent stocks on a tear on Monday.

But the winners and losers in a world in which tougher regulation is expected and stay-at-home stocks lose their appeal as travel resumes could play havoc with some hedge funds’ portfolios — and boost others.

Amazon, for example, has been the top holding for hedge funds for years now — and a runaway winner.

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