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Callie Cox: 2023 can be uniquely challenging for investors<\/h2>\n

Etoro U.S. investment analyst reveals why 2023 is the year of ‘portfolio purgatory’ on ‘Making Money.’<\/p>\n

Stocks don't have to rise for investors to profit.<\/p>\n

The decline in stocks in 2022 made money for short sellers, who are on track for their first yearly gain since 2018, according to a report from analytics firm S3 Partners.<\/p>\n

Short sellers are investors who bet on declines in a company's share price.<\/p>\n

The short sellers have logged $303.7 billion in realized and unrealized gains, a fourfold increase compared with 2018, their last profitable year.<\/p>\n

HEDGE FUND CITADEL EXPECTS TO RETURN $7B IN PROFITS TO CLIENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk alongside the electric automaker’s logo.<\/span> (Getty Images\/AP \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n

The math breaks down to a 31.2% return on total average short interest of $973.6 billion throughout the year.<\/p>\n

Investors betting against Tesla led the way in terms of dollar gains, with investors seeing $15 billion in realized and unrealized profits on some $19.3 billion of shares sold short. <\/p>\n

Shares of the electric carmaker are down roughly 60% year-to-date.<\/p>\n

Other top winners for shorts include Amazon, Meta Platforms, Apple and used car seller Carvana Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ticker<\/th>\nSecurity<\/th>\nLast<\/th>\nChange<\/th>\nChange %<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
TSLA<\/td>\nTESLA INC.<\/td>\n137.57<\/td>\n-0.23<\/td>\n-0.17%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMZN<\/td>\nAMAZON.COM INC.<\/td>\n86.77<\/td>\n+1.58<\/td>\n+1.85%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
META<\/td>\nMETA PLATFORMS INC.<\/td>\n119.76<\/td>\n+2.67<\/td>\n+2.28%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AAPL<\/td>\nAPPLE INC.<\/td>\n135.45<\/td>\n+3.15<\/td>\n+2.38%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CVNA<\/td>\nCARVANA CO.<\/td>\n4.32<\/td>\n+0.16<\/td>\n+3.85%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The S&P 500 is down almost 19% this year and on track for its biggest yearly percentage loss since 2008.<\/p>\n

MUST-DO FINANCIAL MOVES TO MAKE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

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US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.<\/span> (AL DRAGO\/AFP via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n

The Federal Reserve's most aggressive rate increases in decades dried up risk appetite.<\/p>\n

Higher interest rates were one problem, but some stocks had other issues.<\/p>\n

Some investors believe Tesla CEO Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter is diverting his time running the electric car company. Musk's Tesla share sales have also weighed on the stock.<\/p>\n

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Stock traders work at the New York Stock Exchange.<\/span> ((AP Photo\/Mark Lennihan) \/ AP Newsroom)<\/span><\/p>\n

Massive rallies by mega stocks in the past couple of years spelled bad news for short sellers.<\/p>\n

Shorts lost $142.4 billion in 2021 and took a $241.7 billion hit in 2020.<\/p>\n

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Investors who bet against oil companies as energy prices surged, took a hit as shares of Exxon Mobil, Occidental Petroleum, Chevron and Marathon Petroleum notched big gains.<\/p>\n

Reuters contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n

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