FOX reporter Charles Gasparino cites a CEO as saying hedge fund liquidations are at their highest since 2009
FOX reporter Charles Gasparino posted on X that the sharp selloff in technology stocks had prompted market speculation that one or more hedge funds were in trouble. According to the chief executive officer of a financial services company, the number of hedge funds being carted out in this round of U.S. stock declines has reached its highest level since 2009. This is necessary. To prepare for the bottom, more pain is needed.
Gasparino also said the relevant content would be further explained in his upcoming New York Post report. The remarks compared the current scale of liquidations with 2009 levels and described it as a necessary part of the market’s bottoming process.
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Title: Charles Gasparino X post on hedge funds being carted out Publisher: Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) Date published: November 5, 2026 URL: https://x.com/CGasparino/status/（原帖ID见引用） Source nature: reporter’s original post (quoting an anonymous financial services company CEO) Verification status: The full original post was read; the core facts (a tech stock selloff triggering speculation about hedge fund distress, the anonymous CEO saying the number of hedge funds being liquidated has reached its highest since 2009, and that this is necessary and is preparation for a bottom but more pain is still needed) all directly correspond to the original post’s wording Supporting content: the reporter quotes a market participant’s judgment on the scale of liquidations and the market stage
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The remarks compare the number of liquidations with 2009 and explicitly describe them as a process needed for bottoming. The judgment comes from a single anonymous chief executive officer of a financial services company and has not been independently verified by data.
The connection between the tech stock selloff and hedge fund liquidations is raised, but no specific fund names, scale, or reasons for liquidation are provided. The liquidations themselves may stem from leverage, redemptions, or risk management adjustments rather than a single market event.
The phrase “more pain is needed” frames the current decline as an unfinished adjustment process. This view reflects some market participants’ expectations for the conditions under which a bottom may form, rather than an established fact.
The reporter’s original post also points to an upcoming report, indicating that the information is still in the process of being gathered and verified. There remains an information gap between discussion of the scale of liquidations and actual fund closures or forced selling.
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The anonymous market participant’s judgment on the scale of liquidations is publicly cited, bringing a single-source observation into the market narrative.
Comparing the current liquidations with 2009 and describing them as a necessary part of bottoming reflects some participants’ stage-based expectations about the adjustment process.