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Investment Advisor May 2007 Jeff Joseph |
Traditional Meets Alternative in the Form of 130/30 Funds 130/30 funds -- or for that matter 120/20 funds and 150/50 funds -- are products with a net exposure to the market of 100%. |
Financial Advisor November 2003 Leola Ross |
Why High Hedge Fund Fees Are Justified The relatively high fees charged for hedge funds may cause some of your clients to have second thoughts about investing in them. Here's why it can be worth paying the price for truly active management. |
Investment Advisor February 2009 Beth Piskora |
The Long and the Short of It As 2008 played out, filled with bad news from the hedge fund industry, the practice of shorting stocks -- a popular hedge fund strategy -- got dragged through the muck. But many investment pros continue to believe shorting makes sense, some of the time, for some investors. |
Registered Rep. August 1, 2007 |
60 Seconds A short interview with Mike Coffey about 130/30 mutual funds, Mainstay's latest offering for advisors and an emerging trend among asset managers. |
Wall Street & Technology October 19, 2007 Melanie Rodier |
Asset Flows Move to Hedge Funds, says TABB Group Most fund managers believe the growth of active-extension funds will increase as the pressure for increased yield and increased fees push traditional managers into this new area. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
How Super Are Hedge Funds? They're today's happening investment, but advisers and clients who are swooning over hedge funds should bear in mind that there are many reasons these super-investments don't deserve their glorified image. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2002 Dave Tsujimoto |
In Defense of Hedge Funds Here's why any rep with high-net-worth clients ought to become familiar with the nuances of hedge funds. |
Financial Advisor May 2004 Gene Swanzey |
Hedge Funds Can Complement Modern Portfolio Theory Active management can result in higher risk-adjusted returns. |
Financial Advisor August 2005 Leola Ross |
Hedge Funds Are Suffering And How They Can Recover Some say hedge funds, which sprang into prominence and popularity in the wake of the 2000 stock market crash, are on the decline. But before we doom the entire hedge-fund industry, we need to examine what has gone awry and assess whether there is hope for the future. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
Hedge Fund Backlash Investors deserted hedge funds in droves in 2008, angered by the perceived arrogance of managers who weren't holding up to their promises. |
Investment Advisor December 2005 Jeff Joseph |
Hedgeworld Hedge Fund Focus: The Third Source of Returns The role of beta in hedge fund returns provides investors with new and interesting opportunities, particularly in light of the prevailing wisdom that fuels the drive toward alpha-beta separation and risk-budgeting allocation methodologies. |
Financial Advisor February 2004 Evan Simonoff |
The Other Side Of Hedge Funds Some advisors are using hedge funds to minimize risk, not boost returns. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 |
Hedge Funds Set to Boil Investors looking to beat the average returns of the market will be heading to hedge funds and funds of hedge funds even more in the future, says new research. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 Chris O'Leary |
The High Cost of Admission To justify their existence in client portfolios, funds of funds need to post double-digit returns in order to really experience some net (read: after-fee) gains. And 2004 didn't deliver on these promises. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
Hedge Funds Redux Despite a midsummer month's nightmare, hedge funds are still pointing to successful records and raking in money. |
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 |
In Defense Of Hedge Funds A high-net-worth investment adviser takes on those who say the glory days of hedge fund investment opportunities are over. |
Registered Rep. August 26, 2011 Stan Luxenberg |
Hedge Funds Now Going for Institutional Money Instead of HNW Individuals While hedge funds once catered primarily to wealthy individuals, now the main clients are pensions and institutions. That shift is forcing hedge funds to change the way they operate. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2011 Joseph A. Tomlinson |
Send in the Clones The introduction of low-cost clone hedge funds, constructed from exchange-traded funds by using quantitative investing techniques, may let Main Street enjoy hedge fund-like results. |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2011 Stephen Roseman |
Hedge Fund Myths Mean Missed Opportunities Misperceptions about what hedge funds do need to be set straight. Individuals won't be able to make educated investment decisions about them unless they understand what they are -- and are not. |
On Wall Street October 1, 2009 Elizabeth Wine |
Hedge Funds: Are They Worth It? Strategists in the wirehouses and elsewhere say hedge funds were wrongly maligned, and that the good funds can still serve the purpose of diversifying a portfolio and reducing risk. |
Investment Advisor November 2005 Jeff Joseph |
Hedgeworld Hedge Fund Focus: The Roles of Alpha and Beta Acknowledging the elusive nature of alpha is critical to hedge fund and absolute return investors, particularly because most think of alpha as the primary (if not the exclusive) source of hedge fund returns. But this may be an erroneous assumption. |
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Anne Tergesen |
Time To Hedge On Hedge Funds? New research shows that returns are sliding, and some don't help you diversify. |
Knowledge@Wharton February 26, 2003 |
The Perils of Hedge Fund Regulation Hedge fund products are increasingly available to a broader audience than previously had access to this asset class. A barrage of news reports focused on hedge fund fraud and blowups raises the idea that regulation might provide a useful fix. So should hedge funds be regulated? No. |
Financial Advisor April 2008 Eric L. Reiner |
Hedging Your Bets Richard Lee Jr. presides over the 50-person Dallas advisory Lee Financial Corp. A private placement fund of hedge funds that Richard Lee Jr. uses for clients returned nearly 20% last year. |
BusinessWeek February 25, 2010 |
How Hedges Work Here are how the two most common hedging strategies work. |
The Motley Fool December 11, 2008 Liz Peek |
Copycat Selling Maroons Investors as Hedge Funds Cash In There were more than 8,000 hedge funds operating at the start of 2008. How many will survive? |
Wall Street & Technology April 26, 2007 Larry Tabb |
Today's Money Managers Are Leveraging Funds Into Alternative Investment Products The number of short positions will increase as more fund managers employ leverage. Traditional buy-side managers would need the technology and risk management expertise to effectively manage these more-leveraged positions. |
Financial Advisor October 2011 Juliette Fairley |
Staying Afloat Hedged equity mutual funds provide protection against downside risk, but they are costly. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2012 Brad Zigler |
Beta Is Not a Bad Word Adjusting a portfolio's beta creates value -- either positive or negative -- on top of any produced by the managers' stock-picking skills. |
The Motley Fool June 2, 2006 John Finneran |
Hedge Fund Wizards Money managers cast spells over the market -- and reap huge rewards. Hedge funds operate in a haze. Penetrating how they earn returns and take risks is tough, but is a good exercise for investors. |
CFO October 1, 2010 Alix Stuart |
Thinking Outside the Stocks Corporate pension funds look to alternatives for funding boosts. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 Dan Wheeler |
Hedge Funds, Unplugged Take the buzz out of the hedge fund phenomenon, and you may find less electricity than you think. |
Financial Advisor February 2007 Thomas M. Kostigen |
Firm Offers Reps Their Own Hedge Funds Independent broker-dealer First Allied's program raises questions about risk and conflicts. |
Real Estate Portfolio Sep/Oct 2004 Ilana Polyak |
Hedging Their Bets Hedge funds increasingly look to REITs, but should investors look at hedge funds? |
Wall Street & Technology May 15, 2006 Larry Tabb |
Strolling With My Alpha How does portable alpha impact the investment management business? This strategy turns portfolio managers into asset allocators. Instead of picking stocks, or companies, they pick inexpensive indices and choose expensive hedge funds. |
The Motley Fool September 11, 2006 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Hedge Fund Wannabes If you have champagne tastes but a beer budget, hybrid mutual funds can represent a practical way to get hedge-fund-like exposure. Templeton Global Long-Short... Diamond Hill Focus Long/Short... Hussman Strategic Growth... |
Finance & Development June 1, 2006 Angel Ubide |
Demystifying Hedge Funds In an effort to soothe worries about transparency and supervision, public authorities are trying to develop new approaches to meet the public's need for financial system stability and investor protection while enabling investors to enjoy the benefits that hedge funds bring to financial markets. |
Investment Advisor October 2005 Joseph & Kurdas |
Hedgeworld Hedge Fund Focus: Portable Alpha Investing Institutions seeking better risk-adjusted returns are increasingly employing a portable alpha approach, in some cases using this method to invest with multistrategy hedge fund managers through funds of funds. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2007 David E. Adler |
High Net Worth: Alpha-Beta Investing This institutional strategy is starting to make inroads among high-net-worth managers. |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
Is Goldman Move a Bullish Bet or a Bailout? Goldman announced a $3 billion investment in a struggling hedge fund. |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Invest Like a Pro in 2011 -- Here's How Bet on stocks while reducing your risk exposure. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2008 David Adler |
The Short Story With no sign that the real estate or credit markets have bottomed out, and every sign that consumers are running out of money, long-short funds may be well situated to take advantage of this new era. |
The Motley Fool June 26, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Stars Align for Goldman Fund Goldman Sachs' flagship quantitative hedge fund, Global Alpha, benefits from the capital and diversification of its parent. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2005 Marshall Eckblad |
Hedge Funds Behind the Curtain New research shows the theoretical underpinning of a potential future line of mutual funds that will offer various hedge fund strategies to average investors. |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2005 |
Hedge Funds Explained While the word "hedge" conjures up images of investors cautiously hedging their bets, hedge funds are often extra-risky, volatile investment vehicles that demand huge upfront investments, sometimes in the millions. |
Financial Advisor November 2008 Eric Rasmussen |
Draining The Swamp 2008 has been said to be the worst year for hedge funds in two decades. |
BusinessWeek May 14, 2007 Goldstein & Rosenbush |
Hedge Fund Fees: The Pressure Builds As hedge fund performance weakens, some investors are seeking ways to cut expenses. |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Hedging Their Bets? Some mutual funds are starting to look like hedge funds. And many don't do very well. Most investors are better off sticking to broad-market mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. |
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Anne Tergesen |
Funds: Going The Hybrid Route Mutual funds that ape hedge-fund tactics can help you profit from a tepid market. Unfortunately, some hybrid funds with strong track records are closed to new investments. Still, some good opportunities remain. |
Investment Advisor January 2008 Jeff Joseph |
The Year in Hedge Funds In a year marked by high volatility in the financial markets, the 10 strategies tracked by the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index outperformed major global equity indexes and experienced lower volatility than the overall markets. |