Hedge funds are loading up on bets against one of the Trump trade's biggest winners

Reuters/Kevin Lamarque Few areas of the US market performed better than small-cap stocks following the presidential election. But hedge funds are betting the group's best days are finished. The Russell 2000 has surged by 17% since Donald Trump's victory -- handily outpacing the S&P 500 by more than 3 percentage points -- amid expectations that the more domestically focused group would be best positioned to benefit from a lower corporate tax rate. Now that investors are growing increasing skeptic...