Hedge-fund manager Doug Kass, who this year was bullish on U.S. equities, now says the stock market could drop between 5 and 6 percent given the magnitude of its rally in recent weeks.
"Given the scope and duration of the recent market advance, I believe that the U.S. equity market is vulnerable to a short-term decline of 5 percent to 6 percent,'' Kass said in a note to clients on Monday.
"Above-average cash positions should now be held in light of a possible market correction and in order to have excess reserves to capitalize on opportunities available in a volatile trading environment,'' he added.
Kass, founder and president of Seabreeze Partners Management, successfully shorted U.S. equities last year and shorted "everything related to housing'' the previous year.
