New analysis from GraniteShares reveals that demand for solutions enabling UK traders to short stocks or hedge profits on trades is on the increase
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Will Rhind, Founder and CEO at GraniteShares
- But one in three say they were not able to short stocks or hedge positions when they wanted to, GraniteShares research shows
Its study found nearly a third (33%) say they have wanted to short shares or hedge but been unable to or not had the knowledge of how to do it.
The research for GraniteShares, which offers a suite of Short and Leveraged Single Stock Daily ETPs tracking some of the most popular companies in UK US and European markets, cited restrictions from the brokers they use was another factor preventing UK traders from shorting or hedging.
GraniteShares range of products include 3xShort and 3xLong ETPs which enable sophisticated investors to target potential opportunities on leading UK shares such as Rolls-Royce and BAE Systems as well as the US tech giants and leading Italian and French companies.
However its study found less than one in three (30%) are aware they can use ETPs to short stocks and less than one in five (19%) have used short or inverse ETPs to benefit from falling share prices.
Will Rhind, Founder and CEO of GraniteShares, said: “Investors are becoming more sophisticated and looking to benefit from strategies used by major institutional investors, leading to growing demand for products which can enable them to short stocks or hedge profits.
“Short and Leverage single stock ETPs are widely available and listed on the London Stock Exchange offering the opportunity to do so.”
Source: ETFWorld.co.uk
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