The Best and Worst of February: Long/Short Equity Funds

(Daily Alts) Long/short equity mutual funds and ETFs suffered another month of losses in February, falling 0.33% in the aggregate versus a drop in the S&P 500 Index of 0.13%. Of the universe of 179 funds with a full month of performance in February, only 65 managed to post monthly gains, but there were some particularly strong standouts. Nevertheless, the category saw total outflows of $399 million over the month and more than $3.9 billion for the year ending February 29, 2015. Will long/short equity funds be able to rebound and stem the outflows, or will the category continue to lose assets in March?

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