Hedge fund interest in National Instruments Corporation (NASDAQ:NATI) shares was flat at the end of last quarter. This is usually a negative indicator. At the end of this article we will also compare NATI to other stocks including Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE:HBI), Curtiss-Wright Corp. (NYSE:CW), and Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE:CUZ) to get a better sense of its popularity. Video: Click the image to watch our video about the top 5 most popular hedge fund stocks.
Hedge funds' reputation as shrewd investors has been tarnished in the last decade as their hedged returns couldn't keep up with the unhedged returns of the market indices. Our research has shown that hedge funds' large-cap stock picks indeed failed to beat the market between 1999 and 2016. However, we were able to identify in advance a select group of hedge fund holdings that outperformed the Russell 2000 ETFs by 40 percentage points since May 2014 (see the details here). We were also able to identify in advance a select group of hedge fund holdings that'll significantly underperform the market. We have been tracking and sharing the list of these stocks since February 2017 and they lost 27.8% through November 21, 2019. That's why we believe hedge fund sentiment is an extremely useful indicator that investors should pay attention to.
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