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"February Should Have Been A Better Month" - Only 35% Of Managers Beat Their Benchmark
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Tyler Durden
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Friday, March 3, 2017 7:58 PM EDT
With pairwise correlation between stocks plunging since the Trump victory, leading to a jump in stock return dispersion, conventional wisdom agreed that this would be the ideal environment for "stock pickers" and especially downtrodden hedge funds.
In this article: SPX
Hedge Funds Have Never Been This Long Crude Oil
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Tyler Durden
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Monday, February 20, 2017 5:10 PM EDT
Despite record gluts in crude and gasoline amid resurgent US crude production, hedge funds boosted their net long position in WTI last week to a new record high.
In this article: OIL
Here’s What’s Driving Stocks To Record Highs
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The Heisenberg Report
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Sunday, February 19, 2017 2:02 PM EDT
Over the last 3 weeks, US equities have rallied as fund positioning rose, the buyback bid resumed as companies exited blackout periods and US equity inflows returned over the last week.
In this article: SPY
Hedge Funds Might Have A Chance To Beat Benchmarks In 2017
Article By:
The Heisenberg Report
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 10:32 AM EDT
Higher S&P 500 return dispersion will provide a larger opportunity set for fund managers to generate alpha in 2017.
Alternative Investments: Are They For You?
Article By:
Lorimer Wilson
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Sunday, February 12, 2017 10:30 AM EDT
In 2007 65% of Americans reported investing in stocks yet in 2016 only 52% said they did so. Where is all the money going? There are alternatives to the stock market which might be palatable to certain investors and here is a description of five.
Pension Institute On The Herding Tendency Of Pensions As Investors
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AllAboutAlpha
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Sunday, January 29, 2017 7:27 PM EDT
pension funds do herd in their investment, and this behavior shows up in very short-term, terms, month to month.Second, yes, their herding becomes more evident as the data is broken down into sub-groups..
Pension Managers Are Next
Article By:
Elite E Services
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Saturday, January 28, 2017 3:59 PM EDT
Pension funds continue to lose money for average working people. Fund staffers have been fired - is it a sign of an overhaul in the pension system?
Hedge Fund Performance: A Multi-Factor Model
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AllAboutAlpha
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Sunday, January 22, 2017 7:56 PM EDT
Dimitrios Stafylas, of Aston University, has proposed a “holistic” model of hedge fund performance attribution with three key features and conclusions how performance differs between established and young funds in both good and bad times.
Thanks In Part To Spinoffs, Israeli Value Hedge Fund Grows 40-Fold In Five Years
A Brief History Of Hedge Fund Regulations In India
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AllAboutAlpha
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Monday, January 16, 2017 8:06 AM EDT
SEBI distinguished three categories of alternative investment funds.
OPEC Oil Output Gamble Set To Face Reality As Speculative Buying Peaks
Article By:
Paul Hodges
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Monday, January 16, 2017 3:34 AM EDT
Nothing has really changed in terms of underlying supply/demand balances during the year. This raises the question as to why prices have risen so strongly, particularly in recent weeks?
The "Most Bearish Hedge Fund" Capitulates: "We Are Beginning To Close Parts Of Our Short Book"
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Sunday, January 15, 2017 5:46 PM EDT
in November the hedge fund which we previously dubbed "the world's most bearish hedge fund" due to its staggering net bearish bias, had just suffered its worst month in history as "the short book, the bond book and the forex book lost money."
Investors Say No To GMOs?
Article By:
Roger Nusbaum
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Thursday, January 12, 2017 1:42 PM EDT
Lagging a bull market is one thing, missing it is another, it does not appear that GMO missed the bull market. This can be read as a behavioral issue.