Quarterly Data Confirms Hedge Funds Exited Stocks In A Big Way Nov 17, 2008 05:17PM

If you pay attention to the stock market then you've probably heard about the problems in hedge fund land. For the past few months each day is filled with headlines about how much one fund lost and how another is being closed completely, and still others are pulling money out of the market. On Friday, we got a small glimpse on how bad things are getting. Each quarter, hedge funds larger than $100 million must file a 13F disclosing their long market positions as of the end of the quarter. Usually this quarterly ritual is a great way to find new stock ideas, but this quarter the filings just confirm some of the things we've heard about the trouble in the industry.

Below is data from 11 top hedge funds about where they stacked at the end of the quarter. For the most part, the data is showing a significant ...