GameStop Short Seller Melvin Capital Ended 2021 First-Half With 46% Loss: Report
GameStop Short Seller Melvin Capital Ended 2021 First-Half With 46% Loss: Report
GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) short seller Melvin Capital Management LP ended the first half of 2021 with a loss of 46%, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
GameStop公司彭博社(Bloomberg)週四援引知情人士的話報道，做空機構梅爾文資本管理公司(Melvin Capital Management LP)2021年上半年以46%的虧損結束。
What Happened: Founded in 2014 by Gabe Plotkin, a former portfolio manager for Steve Cohen, Melvin Capital was at the heart of the GameStop saga earlier this year.
發生的事情：梅爾文資本(Melvin Capital)由史蒂夫·科恩(Steve Cohen)的前投資組合經理加布·普洛特金(Gabe Plotkin)於2014年創立，是今年早些時候GameStop傳奇的核心。
The hedge fund, which managed $11 billion in assets as of June 1, is taking smaller-sized positions to limit exposure to single companies, as per the report.
報告稱，截至6月1日管理着110億美元資產的對衝基金正在建立規模較小的頭寸，以限制對單一公司的敞口。
Plotkin has reportedly instructed his team of data scientists to watch social media and message boards to look for shares that are seeing high support from retail investors.
據報道，普洛特金已經指示他的數據科學家團隊關注社交媒體和留言板，尋找散户投資者高度支持的股票。
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Why It Matters: Melvin Capital’s first-half results indicate the hedge fund is struggling to rebound from the losses it incurred from betting against GameStop and other stonks - stocks popular with retail investors.
重要的原因：Melvin Capital的上半年業績表明，該對衝基金正努力從做空GameStop和其他受散户投資者歡迎的股票而蒙受的虧損中恢復過來。
Melvin Capital said in May it has closed out of all its public bearish positions in the first quarter. This included its listed put options in GameStop.
Melvin Capital在5月份表示，它已經在第一季度平掉了所有公開看跌頭寸。這包括其在GameStop中列出的看跌期權。
It was reported in June that London-based White Square Capital is shutting down after suffering huge losses during the retail trading frenzy earlier in the year. This marked one of the first hedge fund closures following the surge in shares of stonks.
6月份有報道稱，總部位於倫敦的白色廣場資本公司(White Square Capital)在今年早些時候的零售交易狂潮中遭受鉅額虧損後，正在關閉。這標誌着繼Stonks股價飆升後，首批對衝基金關閉之一。
In early June, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. (NYSE:AMC) and GameStop short-seller losses swelled up to $12 billion on a year-to-date basis. Both the stocks continue to see high interest from retail investors.
六月初，AMC娛樂控股公司(紐約證券交易所股票代碼：AMC)和GameStop賣空者今年迄今的虧損已增至120億美元。這兩隻股票繼續受到散户投資者的高度關注。
Price Action: AMC Entertainment shares closed almost 6.4% higher in Thursday’s regular trading session at $47.94, while GameStop shares closed almost 0.4% higher at $191.38.
價格行動：AMC Entertainment股價在週四的常規交易時段收盤上漲近6.4%，至47.94美元，GameStop股價收盤上漲近0.4%，至191.38美元。
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