Seeking Alpha – A report making the rounds today detailed managers’ Form 13-F filings. This report shows what managers own. Their holdings of U.S. stocks by and large plummeted. The decline in the size of the positions could be from market share losses or the sale of a position, or most likely, both.

Atticus Capital reduced its holdings from $8.1 billion to $510 million. Tudor Investment from $5.7 billion to $453 million. SAC Capital Advisors said its holdings of U.S.-based stocks (and options and converts) were $7.7 billion vs. $14.4 billion last quarter. Moore Capital said the "value of its 13-F securities fell 69% to $1.4 billion." And on and on.

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CNNMoney.com- An equity investors study by Greenwich Associates showed trading volume generated by hedge funds surpassed mutual funds last year and now ranks second only to traditional asset-management shops.

The financial-consulting firm said the influence of hedge funds as a way of generating equity trading has helped Merrill Lynch & Co. (MER) and other firms " solidify" their standing as top U.S. brokers in terms of market share.

"Although the second half of 2007 was something of a wild ride, hedge-fund performance for the year was relatively strong, and from a U.S. equity trading perspective, hedge funds were extremely active," said Greenwich consultant John Feng.

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