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Investment Advisor May 2006 Joseph & Kurdas	Hedgeworld Hedge Fund Focus: The Search for Portable Returns With the portable approach, the search for top-performing managers as a source of alpha is separate from the desire to get market return on an asset class, the beta.
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Investment Advisor April 2010 Robert J. Lindner	Expert's Corner: Putting It in Neutral Advisors can improve a client's portfolio by using a market neutral strategy.
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