MarketsEquity MarketsBig fourPrint articleShort sellers ditch CBA as sell-off doubts mountNicola BlackburnMarkets reporterUpdated Mar 5, 2025 – 6.05pm, first published at 5.33pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginHedge funds have started to throw in the towel betting on a long-awaited correction in Commonwealth Bank shares as Australia’s largest bank continues to defy market expectations for an imminent sell-off.Despite a wobble during the February reporting season when weaker results from Westpac and National Australia Bank prompted investors to take some profits in the banking sector, CBA’s shares are still higher for this year. That’s after the shares soared more than 37 per cent in 2024.Loading...Nicola Blackburn is a markets reporter for The Australian Financial Review in the Sydney newsroom.SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreBig fourInvestingCommonwealth BankNational Australia BankWestpac Banking CorporationLatest In Equity marketsFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In MarketsThe Australian Financial Review MagazineOlympic weightlifting is hard. This boss uses the 1pc rule to get it doneLucy DeanOut-of-control watch price rises give housing a run for its moneyKnow your craft: How the biggest airlines rate at the pointy endBOSS Financial ReviewThe country’s highest-paid directors revealedPatrick Durkin and Sally PattenHow this Melbourne engineer became a boss at a $24b global giantJun Bei Liu: How I learnt to speak upLife & LeisurePolestar’s new SUV is a tech marvel – but is it worth the price tag?Tony DavisFor this MD, golf is the ultimate challenge – both mental and physicalIn basketball and in business, this MD knows when to take the shotRich ListCannon-Brookes describes ‘deep internal conflict’ over his private jetTess BennettOscar Piastri on the secret of his $41m-a year successBillionaire Nicola Forrest appoints UBank boss to run family office
