…the hundreds of less attractive hedge funds or they can put their money in other, “open” funds of successful managers. Many investors, it adds, are opting for the latter, “making…
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Be Cautious of Mutual Funds Run by Hedge-Fund Managers
…“mutual funds managed side-by-side by hedge funds underperformed peer funds by 0.8 to 2.2 percentage points a year” according to various measures. Del Guercio argues that hedge funds’ big performance…
New Tactic by Hedge Funds to Find Talent
An article in Institutional Investor highlights an online competition—called the Stocks Debate Challenge–that is being used by hedge funds to find new talent “outside the well-trodden channels of elite schools…
Consuelo Mack Interviews Motley Fool Co-Founders the Gardner Brothers
…he says. “People think you should buy low and sell high, that they should look for discarded cigar butts, when you should be finding the best companies of your time.”…
Co-Manager of Bond Fund with 8% Returns Shares Market Insights
Although emerging bond funds have hit a rough patch, many EM economies are in a growth spurt, “supported by healthy demand for commodities and other exports in end market such…
Public Pensions' Strong Performance Unlikely to Last
The two biggest public pension funds in the U.S. are performing better this year but the performance is not likely to last, according to an article in The Wall Street…
Most Read Posts on Validea’s Guru Investor
Below are links to our most popular posts for this week on Validea’s Guru Investor blog. [1] Lessons Learned Since the Financial Crisis [2] Index Funds Will Be Fine [3]…
Lessons Learned Since the Financial Crisis
…strategy to strategy chasing returns or the hottest stocks–a recipe for buying high and selling low. If you think long-term (over a time horizon of at least five years), you’ll…
Index Funds Will Be Fine
A recent Bloomberg article by columnist Barry Ritholtz argues that, despite the maturation in index investing and a slowdown in inflows to passive funds, “indexing is still giving active funds…
Will Factor Investing Kill Hedge Funds?
…quality, volatility, size). The article also cites comments by BlackRock’s head of factor investing Andrew Ang, who argues that lower costs has been the primary reason for the rise in…