A Hedge Fund Index – the Best Investment Ever?

The November 21, 2011 WSJ article “Hedge Funds Kiss Their Alpha Goodbye” and a follow-up article look critically at the performance characteristics of hedge funds by presenting facts that, in authors own words, “aren’t exactly great PR for the hedge fund industry.” The article and its controversial conclusions got a lot of attention so we […]

December 12, 2011

The November 21, 2011 WSJ article “Hedge Funds Kiss Their Alpha Goodbye” and a follow-up article look critically at the performance characteristics of hedge funds by presenting facts that, in authors own words, “aren’t exactly great PR for the hedge fund industry.” The article and its controversial conclusions got a lot of attention so we were compelled to write a brief response.

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