http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/29/is-there-a-capacity-constraint-facing-13030-strategies/ A finance blog about hedge funds, portable alpha and alternative investing. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:26:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/29/is-there-a-capacity-constraint-facing-13030-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-11383 allaboutalpha.com: Welcome to AllAboutAlpha.com Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:26:24 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/29/is-there-a-capacity-constraint-facing-13030-strategies/#comment-11383 [...] Some have wondered if there would be enough stock to short and that the end was nigh.  Last fall Goldman Sachs hypothesized that the end wasn’t imminently nigh, but might not be far off (we were less sold on their concerns - see posting). Â Goldman’s numbers and those cited in the Hedgworld story are quite similar.  Both say there is about $4.5 to 5 trillion of stock available to short in the world (about 10% of the world’s lendable stock and 3% of the world’s total equity supply).  [...] [...] Some have wondered if there would be enough stock to short and that the end was nigh.  Last fall Goldman Sachs hypothesized that the end wasn’t imminently nigh, but might not be far off (we were less sold on their concerns – see posting). Â Goldman’s numbers and those cited in the Hedgworld story are quite similar.  Both say there is about $4.5 to 5 trillion of stock available to short in the world (about 10% of the world’s lendable stock and 3% of the world’s total equity supply).  [...]

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