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Cramer's Mad Money- How to Invest in a Bear Market (12/29/08)

No doubt getting as far as possible from equities owned in major part by hedge funds is a necessary defense against forced selling and its damage. BUT-----how does one tell that there are hedge funds holding a major portion of some given equity? I select only long term safe, short term profitable (not parabolically so) equities and found, to my discomfort, that many of them were obvious victims to the forced selling late in 2008. They were sale-able, less conservative selections were not. So my carefully selected equities very suddenly dropped in face value. The pattern was so obviously that of forced selling (by date) that anyone not comatose could see the pattern --AFTER THE FACT. Most will recuperate (some already have). But, my great preference would be to identify BEFORE some disaster, that hedge funds (almost all of which are dishonestly, at minimum unethically, presented and run) are my fellow travelers. HOW ?????????? I find it difficult to determine even the names of "hedge funds". Were there not over 10,000 early in 2008 - all employing questionable tactics to obtain unusually high returns?