Hedge Funds

London short-seller eyes energy sector ‘earnings bubble’

‘If you can make money in the Russian market, you can make money anywhere’

ARR predicts the bear market will continue and investors can learn from previous occasions where stock slides were prolonged
ARR predicts the bear market will continue and investors can learn from previous occasions where stock slides were prolonged Photo: Getty Images

A London-based hedge fund is eyeing short opportunities in gas and coal companies in anticipation that bumper prices and profits will soon wane.

“We have already seen the peak in European gas prices this summer. Gas [and] coal companies are in an earnings bubble,” said ARR Investment Partners founder and chief executive officer Christian Putz.

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