Ken Griffin “Cub” Anchor Bolt Capital Wins Big On Shorts

Ken Griffin “cub” Robert Polak, 41, founder of the “rising star” hedge fund Anchor Bolt Capital, engaged in a noteworthy feat recently when his shorts, over the past nine months, outperformed longs. Too bad his long / short ratio wasn’t aligned to benefit from the significant outperformance. Anchor Bolt Capital: short book up 13.87 percent while long book down 16.45 percent on quarter The former Salomon Brothers investment banker who migrated from New York City to head Citadel’s industrial stock coverage, now sits on top of nearly $8 billion in assets from his North LaSalle Street perch in Chicago. As…