New York (HedgeCo.net) – The American Association of Individual Investors released their most recent sentiment survey last week and the results showed that the number of bulls to bears has been growing in recent weeks. The bullish percentage increased to […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The last few months have been tough on a good portion of the hedge fund industry and several big-name firms have announced fund closures, asset declines and staffing cuts. One of the latest firms to announce […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) By most indications, investors and advisors alike have increased their use of alternative investments since the financial crisis in 2008. The evidence is pretty clear given the growth in alternative mutual funds. According to a report in […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) After suffering through the worst quarterly loss in four years for the overall market, investors seem to be a little more uncertain about the fourth quarter and what it will bring to the market. We asked the […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) Last month we featured a story entitled Lack of Correlation Apparent Over Long Run. Since publishing that article, more articles have come to our attention mentioning or focusing on correlation. One particular article was from ValueWalk and […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – With hedge funds struggling to beat the indices over the last few years, it isn’t surprising to see that hedge fund launches have slowed this year. We have documented how hedged portfolios tend to underperform during […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Smart beta funds are growing rapidly and the growth is coming in three areas- the number of funds offered, the assets under management and the number of financial advisors using them. According to a recent report […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The third quarter was a tough one for the market as most investors know and it was tough on the hedge fund industry as well, even if the industry didn’t drop as much as the overall […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) We have dedicated several articles to the topic of correlation in recent weeks as the market has seen an increase in volatility and as the overall market has struggled. For the record, the S&P 500 was down […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The latest report from hedge fund industry research firm HFR showed that the hedge fund industry experienced an outflow of $95 billion during the third quarter and that is the biggest outflow since the third quarter […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The bandwagon of hedge fund critics gained another member over the weekend when Barron’s published an article that questioned the industry’s recent performance. In their defense, the first line of the article was, “One month does […]