Einhorn Ups Bullish Bets, But Warns on Inflation

Hedge fund guru David Einhorn says he increased his bullish bets last month, but remains concerned about several issues, including the Federal Reserve’s low-interest rate policy.

In a conference call with Greenlight Capital Re investors, Einhorn said that he increased his bullish positions thanks to better-than-expected corporate earnings results, Bloomberg reports. But, he added, “This enthusiasm is tempered by our continued concern about the structural sovereign-debt problems in Europe and Japan, a slowing Chinese economy, and high oil prices and general inflation connected to the Fed’s continued insistence on maintaining an emergency zero percent interest-rate policy, which we believe is no longer useful or effective.”

Greenlight Re’s investment portfolio’s net-long position rose to 39% in April from 32% at the end of March, Einhorn said. He said he also added short bets in the first three months of the year as the market rallied, according to Bloomberg.