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Goldman’s Flood Sees Potential For ‘Extreme’ Rally in Stocks
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Goldman's John Flood suggests that the current market positioning could lead to an 'extreme' rally in stocks if positive news triggers investors to unwind their bearish hedges, potentially resulting in outsized gains. The market is currently seeing speculative investors holding bullish positions in individual stocks while also building bearish hedges. A sharp move higher in the index level could occur if good news emerges, according to Flood.
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Speculative investors have largely held on to their bullish positions in individual stocks while building hedges through bearish bets on products such as exchange-traded funds and index futures. It could also, however, fuel outsized gains if good news pushes investors to unwind those hedges, according to John Flood, Goldman’s head of Americas equities execution services and partner. “If we were to get a headline declaring the conflict over, you could see a sharp move higher at the index level,” Flood said in an interview.
Original article published by
Yahoo Finance
on March 11, 2026.
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