Kingsford Capital: How passive investing creates opportunities for short-sellers

The shift away from active management and toward passive investing alternatives continues, but that doesn’t mean short-sellers are left out in the cold. Instead, passive investing creates opportunities because funds invest in them based on their inclusion in a major index—without consideration for anything else that’s going on with them.

Talking short-selling at Sohn

During Sohn’s conference in San Francisco to benefit the Excellence in Investing for Children’s Causes Foundation, Mike Wilkins from Kingsford Capital explained how short-sellers can benefit from the shifting preference for passive investing.