July 21, 2025 01:09 AM seekingalpha.com Positive

Hedge funds pile into industrial stocks

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Hedge funds snapped up shares of global industrial stocks (NYSEARCA:XLI [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/XLI]) last week with the largest net buying in more than five years, according to the Goldman Sachs Prime Services desk.

"Industrials was by far the most net bought global sector this week, driven by both long buys and short covers," Goldman said. "This week’s net buying in the sector was the largest since July ’20 and 2nd largest on our record (since 2016)."

Industrials were net bought in every region except Asia developed market. North American saw the most buying, seeing both long buys and short covers, followed by short-cover driven buying in Europe.

"The Prime book is now over-weight Industrials vs. the MSCI World Index (URTH [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/URTH]) by +5.8%, which is hovering 5-year highs in the 99th percentile," Goldman said.

"The global Industrials long/short ratio now stands at 2.25, which is at the highest level since Aug ’22 and ranks in the 58th percentile vs. the past five years."

Industrial ETFs: (NYSEARCA:RSPN [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/RSPN]) (NYSEARCA:VIS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/VIS]) (BATS:IYJ [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/IYJ]) (FXR [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/FXR]) (NYSEARCA:UXI [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/UXI]) (NYSEARCA:SIJ [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SIJ]) (NASDAQ:AIRR [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AIRR]) (NYSEARCA:FIDU [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/FIDU]) (NYSEARCA:EXI [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/EXI])

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