David Einhorn’s Greenlight had a strong fourth quarter; Gains on Neubase Therapeutics [Full Q4 Letter]

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Michelle deBoer-Jones
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David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital was up 5.2% in 2020, underperforming the S&P 500’s 18.4% return. For the fourth quarter, the fund was up 25%, which was its best quarterly result ever. Longs contributed 42% during the fourth quarter, while shorts detracted 15% and macro detracted 1%.

Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more

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Growth stocks significantly outperformed value stocks during the first nine months of 2020, but the fourth quarter brought a moderate reversal. Despite that reversal, the Russell 1000 Pure Growth Index was up 67%, while the Russell 1000 Pure Value Index was flat.

Strong performance in the long book

In his fourth-quarter letter to investors, which was reviewed by ValueWalk

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Michelle deBoer-Jones is editor-in-chief of Hedge Fund Alpha. She also writes comparative analyses of stocks for TipRanks and runs Providence Writing Services. Previously, she was a television news producer for eight years, producing the morning news programs for NBC affiliates in Evansville, Indiana and Huntsville, Alabama and spending a short time at the CBS affiliate in Huntsville.