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Bridgewater's flagship fund posts gains of 32%

In just one week in June, Bridgewater nearly doubled its short bets on European companies to $10.5 billion, making it the most bearish on European stocks in two years.

Bridgewater's short-selling of companies such as lithography machine giant $ASML Holding NV(ASML)$, energy giant $Total SA(TTE)$ and pharmaceutical giant $Sanofi SA(SNY)$ is more than $500 million.

• Hedge fund manager Bridgewater Associates' flagship Pure Alpha 18% volatility fund gained 32.2% in the first half of the year.
• The fund posted gains in 65% of the markets where it trades, beating a historical average of 55%.
• Since its inception in 1991, Pure Alpha has returned an average of 11.4% annually.

Ray Dalio, billionaire and founder of Bridgewater Associates LP. | Photo: Brian Snyder

Bridgewater manages about $150 billion in assets, and the hedge fund's most high-profile recent market move has been shorting European stocks.

Bridgewater has made money in 65% of the markets in which it trades with winning bets on interest rates, stocks, commodities, sovereign and corporate credit, and developed-market currencies, among others.

Macro funds are flourishing as central banks raise interest rates to combat surging inflation, which has been exacerbated by soaring energy prices.

European' s energy crisis and recession

European is facing its biggest energy crisis in decades, with Russia -- the region’s primary supplier -- curbing shipments as tensions mount over the war in Ukraine and related sanctions. The key Nord Stream pipeline to Germany is set to close for maintenance this month, and there are concerns that it won’t return to full service after the works.

A prolonged outage would hit Europe’s plan to replenish its gas storage facilities, putting more pressure on global supplies of liquefied natural gas.

According to Citigroup, the ongoing threat to supplies from Russia raises the prospect of governments stepping in to curb consumption beyond constraints that already exist because of high prices. “Europe may need to sacrifice some summer industrial usage of gas so that it can get inventories full ahead of peak winter demand.”

The euro fell to a 20-year low against the dollar as recession risks rose and investors trimmed bets on a rate hike by the European Central Bank. Pan-European stock index hits 17-month low. $STOXX 600 AUTO(0MP0.UK)$, $SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF(FEZ)$, $EURO STOXX 50 Index - main 2209(FESXmain)$,$Dow Jones Stoxx(DJXMF)$.$Euro-Bund - main 2209(FGBLmain)$.

If you are interested the european market, you can turn to below companies and ETFs or Futuers lists traded in United States, 

Companies

$Deutsche Bank AG(DB)$, $STMicroelectronics NV(STM)$, $STM GRP.(STM.UK)$

4 Futures

$FVSmain(FVSmain)$, $GEmain(GEmain)$,$EURmain(EURmain)$,$FESXmain(FESXmain)$

European Market Covered ETFs

$Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF(VGK)$ is the largest product of this type of fund.

 $iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF(EZU)$ represents European Regional Market ETF.

$iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF(IEUR)$,$iShares MSCI Europe Small-Cap ETF(IEUS)$are etfs that BlackRock has been promoting for several years. It covers on the same level as the low-cost VGK.

$SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF(FEZ)$,The Stoxx index family is also a well-known index brand in the European market.

$iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF(EUFN)$is an ETF more focus on Financial Sector

$WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund(HEDJ)$it is worth configuring when the euro is weak.

Single-country ETFs:

Due to the uneven development level of European countries, the market bulls and bears are not completely consistent, so its better to understanding of the European market before trading such products.

$Ishares MSCI United Kingdom ETF(EWU)$,$iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF(EWUS)$,$iShares Currency Hedged MSCI United Kingdom ETF(HEWU)$are  ETFs forcusing on UK market;

$iShares MSCI Germany ETF(EWG)$,$iShares MSCI Germany Small-Cap ETF(EWGS)$, $iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Germany ETF(HEWG)$are Germany Market ETF;

$VanEck Russia ETF(RSX)$is Russian market ETF; $iShares MSCI Spain ETF(EWP)$is Spanish Market ETF; $iShares MSCI France ETF(EWQ)$is French market ETF;

$iShares MSCI Italy ETF(EWI)$is Italian Market ETF; $iShares MSCI Sweden ETF(EWD)$is Swedish Market ETF; $Global X MSCI Greece ETF(GREK)$is Greek market ETF; $iShares MSCI Poland ETF(EPOL)$is Polish Market ETF; $iShares MSCI Turkey ETF(TUR)$is Turkey Market ETF; $Global X MSCI Norway ETF(NORW)$is Norwegian Market ETF; $iShares MSCI Ireland ETF(EIRL)$is Irish Market ETF; $iShares MSCI Belgium ETF(EWK)$is Belgian Market ETF;$Global X MSCI Portugal ETF(PGAL)$is Portugal Market ETF.

It should be noted that the latter European small country market ETFs are usually smaller in size, please pay attention to liquidity.

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