Portfolio Changes to Vailshire Partners LP Hedge Fund (Week of Sept. 24-28) – $EQX $KORS $FTR $LOXO $ADI $EKTAY $AVEO $TRUP $PEI

Highlights: Our general investment themes of staying long US equities–including healthcare and technology stocks–short China, short emerging markets, and short obsolete companies, continue to treat us well at Vailshire Partners LP Hedge Fund. I had anticipated an announcement of a new trade agreement between the US and Canada by Friday, September 28th, which would have produced a nice end-of-the-month bounce …

Portfolio Changes to Vailshire Partners LP Hedge Fund (Week of Sept. 17-21) – $CNTE $MKTX $MKC $NKE $CW $CYH $AYX $RLGT

Highlights: The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 performed well relative to the technology-heavy NASDAQ last week. Much of the optimism in the former markets was related to hopes of resolving the US-China trade spat. At Vailshire, we are less optimistic of a quick and painless agreement with China and remain generally short Chinese equities, as well as emerging …

Portfolio Changes to Vailshire Partners LP Hedge Fund (Week of Sept. 10-14) – $GSM $ROKU $SSTI $ASNA $AGO $Y

Highlights: After large gains for Vailshire Partners LP hedge fund in August, September has seen renewed tough tariff-talk and Twitter-Induced Volatility (TIV) into the worldwide markets. Our fund remains cautiously long, but in added protection mode to preserve our hard-won gains. The role of central banks and political maneuvering in the markets are unprecedented. I feel, however, that this is …

Portfolio Changes to Vailshire Partners Hedge Fund (Week of Sept. 3-7) – $TTWO $RETL $QCOM $MTN $MJ $MASI $IRBT

Highlights: August offered Vailshire Partners LP hedge fund investors exceptionally pleasing results, with monthly returns (net of all fees) of 8.1%. Year-to-date net returns through August 31, 2018 are 14.7%, easily topping our S&P 500 benchmark. The #FAANGs are generally holding up well, and we continue to benefit from our long positions in each of these technology powerhouse companies, save one: …

Portfolio Changes to Vailshire Partners LP Hedge Fund (Week of August 27-31) – $GPN $EA $CTRP $EEM

Highlights: Technology and US-based small cap stocks continue to perform well. Emerging market equities are increasingly volatile and have performed poorly. Our short positions in such companies and funds are performing admirably within Vailshire Partners LP Hedge Fund. Turnover last week was relatively low, with only four position changes in our diversified portfolio. Overall, the fund continues to handily outperform the …

Portfolio Changes to Vailshire Partners LP Hedge Fund (Week of August 20-24) – $CRM $ESPR $TIVO $FTR $ELY $XPP $F

Highlights: Innovative technology and healthcare companies led the charge last week. Moderate position turnover occurred in Vailshire Partners, LP during the week of August 20-24. The fund continues to handily outperform the S&P 500 in 2018. New LONG position(s) in Vailshire Partners, LP last week: $CRM $ESPR long-dated calls $ELY Closed LONG position(s): None. New SHORT position(s):   $TIVO $FTR $XPP $F Covered …

New Positions in Vailshire Partners LP Hedge Fund (Week of August 13-17) –

It was an exceptionally busy week of trading last week at Vailshire. Our fund remains well-positioned for a strong future performance… whatever comes our way. New LONG position(s) in Vailhsire Partners, LP last week: $ADSK $BP $CDMO $CGC $MKL $TEVA $TEAM $GSM $CBRL Closed LONG position(s): $BKNG $BIDU $NPSNY $SAND $TSG New SHORT position(s):   None. Covered SHORT position(s): $BMY $ED Gross August …

Vailshire Partners LP Sells its Facebook Stake – $FB

Vailshire Partners LP–a long/short, healthcare- and technology-focused hedge fund based in Colorado Springs–sold its entire stake in Facebook today. Dr. Jeffrey W. Ross, the founder and managing director of Vailshire Partners LP and Vailshire Capital Management LLC, explained the reason for his removal of the world’s most popular social media site from his hedge fund’s portfolio: “Facebook has been a …