Choppiness amid Calm: Explaining an Anomaly

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A surprising reason people give for disappointing returns

Bridgewater Alpha Fulfills Promise, Somewhat

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Bridgewater Associates’ Pure Alpha, probably the world’s largest single hedge fund,

Trend Followers on the Mend?

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Traders who follow long-term trends made

Market Bull vs. Federal Reserve Bubble

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Two opposed views crystallized

Tiger Seeded Contrarian Draws Investors

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Among the new funds favored by large

Caxton Bets on Airline Merger

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Will the savings from the proposed merger of US Airways with American Airlines be enough to significantly lift profits? New Caxton chief

Popular Funds Disappoint

Lackluster as 2012 was for hedge funds as a whole, it was worse

Asian Fund’s Morgan Stanley Connection

Long-time hedge fund industry people will tell you that it is not enough for a new fund to make a high return—investors have to know and feel comfortable with the manager. One of the notable success stories of the past several years

Wide Performance Dispersion in Volatile Markets

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Global macro is the kind of flexible strategy that should do well in a difficult economic environment. How did investors in the strategy do in 2011?

Can Political Risk Be Hedged?

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Financial fears dominate the stock market but another kind of danger lurks in news headlines—-like today’s story about an alleged Iranian-directed scheme to assassinate  Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the US.  As George Tzanetatos sees it, political threats are too important to ignore.

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