Equity Positioning and Key Levels

This report provides a weekly recap of GS positioning metrics, highlighting significant net selling in global equities and a contraction in corporate buyback activity due to earnings blackout periods.

Key Takeaways

• 1.Global equities experienced the largest percentage net selling in three months, primarily driven by short and long sales in Info Tech and Comm Svcs.
• 2.Corporate buyback volumes are contracting due to the seasonal blackout window; approximately 88% of companies have entered this window ahead of Q2 earnings.
• 3.Systematic and Fundamental Long/Short prime brokerage books saw significant reductions in leverage, reaching 1-year lows for certain metrics.

Table of Contents

• CTA Corner
• GS Prime Brokerage
• Buybacks Desk
• G S Corporate Desk Trading Flow
• Historical Cumulative Market Execution Activity
• Historical Repurchase Activity
• Charts in Focus
• More in Macro

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