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)周四援引知情人士的话报道，做空机构梅尔文资本管理公司(Melvin Capital Management LP)2021年上半年以46%的亏损结束。
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.
发生的事情：梅尔文资本(Melvin Capital)由史蒂夫·科恩(Steve Cohen)的前投资组合经理加布·普洛特金(Gabe Plotkin)于2014年创立，是今年早些时候GameStop传奇的核心。
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.
报告称，截至6月1日管理着110亿美元资产的对冲基金正在建立规模较小的头寸，以限制对单一公司的敞口。
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.
据报道，普洛特金已经指示他的数据科学家团队关注社交媒体和留言板，寻找散户投资者高度支持的股票。
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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的上半年业绩表明，该对冲基金正努力从做空GameStop和其他受散户投资者欢迎的股票而蒙受的亏损中恢复过来。
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，它已经在第一季度平掉了所有公开看跌头寸。这包括其在GameStop中列出的看跌期权。
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月份有报道称，总部位于伦敦的白色广场资本公司(White Square Capital)在今年早些时候的零售交易狂潮中遭受巨额亏损后，正在关闭。这标志着继Stonks股价飙升后，首批对冲基金关闭之一。
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娱乐控股公司(纽约证券交易所股票代码：AMC)和GameStop卖空者今年迄今的亏损已增至120亿美元。这两只股票继续受到散户投资者的高度关注。
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.
价格行动：AMC Entertainment股价在周四的常规交易时段收盘上涨近6.4%，至47.94美元，GameStop股价收盘上涨近0.4%，至191.38美元。
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