Cornell Daily Sun – In the midst of the country’s economic recession, the Johnson Graduate School of Management’s Cayuga Fund, a hedge fund run by faculty and students, reported a 0.42 percent gain for the 2008 business year.

Although the fund’s investments decreased by 1.29 percent in the fourth quarter, this $12 million hedge fund, finished the year ahead, especially relative to the performance of its benchmarks. Indexes like Hedge Fund Research Equity Hedge Index and the Hedge Fund Research Equity Market Neutral Index reported 25.45 percent and 1.16 percent losses, respectively, in 2008.

Read Complete Article

Tags: benchmarks, cayuga, cornell, daily sun, economic-recession, equity hedge, fourth-quarter, graduate school of management, hedge-fund-research, indexes, investments, johnson graduate school, johnson graduate school of management, losses, midst, school-of-management