“If a large percentage of hedge funds own a specific stock and the news turns, they’re more likely to get out of a position very quickly, while individual investors tend to not act so quickly,” said Wirth, senior investment officer for Chemung Canal Trust, which manages $1.9 billion in Elmira, New York. “Selling can be exacerbated. Volatility can be exaggerated.”

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