Hedge Funds For The Masses

(ABC News) Hedge funds aren’t just for the 1 percent anymore. The mutual-fund industry wants average investors to get into its own version of hedge funds, saying they can offer protection when the stock market is tumbling…. These funds, also called liquid alternative funds, are supposed to deftly maneuver rocky markets thanks to the more complicated strategies they use. So, did they do that this past month, when the Standard & Poor’s 500 index had its first correction since 2011? Yes, depending on your expectations. Alternative funds lost money, but not as much as traditional stock funds.

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