Posts Categorized: Hedge Fund Performance

What is it with all this GameStop talk? Turning on CNBC, the conversation was one of where retail investors were taking a well-deserved victory lap with tech investor and former Facebook exec Chamath Palihapitiya cheering on the power of individual investors

At Alternatives Watch, we have spent the first week of the New Year looking in the rearview mirror in a bid to understand what trends may spill over into 2021. The team has also ranked the most read hedge fund stories from 2020, offering a glimpse of what may play out in the coming months

As the performance figures roll in over the last two weeks of the year, the clear winner among hedge fund strategies are equity-oriented strategies. Asian equity managers have stolen the show though with numerous 40%-plus year-to-date returns

For hedge fund investors, diversification feels a bit like a zero-sum game or at the very least a 50/50 shot when it comes to making gains so far in 2020