27.1.09

Κέρδος 127 εκατ. δολ. από short selling στην RBS!

Ένα αμερικανικό hedge fund έβγαλε κέρδος 90 εκατ. στερλίνες (127 εκατ. δολ.) και πλέον, προβλέποντας ορθώς ότι η μετοχή της Royal Bank of Scotland θα υποχωρήσει αισθητά.

Το κολοσσιαίο κέρδος της Paulson and Co αποκαλύφθηκε επειδή οι επενδυτές είναι υποχρεωμένοι από τις 13 Ιουνίου να αποκαλυπτουν οποιοδήποτε short selling προτίθενται να κάνουν σε βρετανικές τράπεζες.

Το short selling είναι δανεισμός και πώληση μετοχών μιας εταιρίας, με προοπτική επαναγοράς της μετοχής στην συνέχεια σε χαμηλότερη τιμή.

Το hedge fund, ή οποιοσδήποτε άλλος επενδυτής, βγάζει κέρδος από την διαφορά.
http://www.euro2day.gr/news/world/125/articles/444143/ArticleNewsWorld.aspx

δείτε και wiki

John Alfred Paulson (born December 14, 1955) is an American hedge fund manager based in New York City.

Paulson received his BS in Finance from New York University’s College of Business and Public Administration, where he graduated first in his class, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was awarded the designation of Baker Scholar, the school's top academic honor, for graduating in the top 5%.[1] He is President of Paulson & Co., Inc., New York.

Paulson & Co., Inc. had assets under management (as of June 01, 2007) of $12.5 billion (95% from institutions), which leapt to $36 billion as of November 2008. [2] Under his direction, Paulson & Co has capitalized on the problems in the foreclosure and Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) markets. Recently he decided to start a new fund that would capitalize on Wall Street's capital problems by lending money to investment banks and other hedge funds currently feeling the pressure of the more than $345 billion of write downs resulting from under-performing assets linked to the housing market. On May 15, 2008, Paulson & Co., which bought 50 million shares of Yahoo stock during the first quarter of 2008, said it is supporting Carl Icahn on a proxy fight to replace Yahoo's board.[3]

John Paulson is not related to former CEO of Goldman Sachs and former United States Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson[4] [5] [6] A September 26, 2008 Street Journal opinion written by John [7] suggested an alternative to stabilize the markets than the Treasury Secretary's plan.

Paulson is #78 on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans[8] and is worth approximately 4.5 billion dollars.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paulson

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