Enterprising Investor
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Hedge Funds


Beyond the Marketing Pitch: Understanding Hedge Fund Risks and Returns

Hedge funds can serve as legitimate diversifiers, but blind allocation is risky. Traditional risk measures like standard deviation and correlation don’t always capture the full picture.

Beyond the Hype: Do Hedge Funds Deliver Value?

Skill and alpha are scarce and difficult to obtain in the hedge fund market.

The Endowment Syndrome: Why Elite Funds Are Falling Behind

Endowments have long been considered elite investors, but outdated strategies and skyrocketing costs are eroding their edge

The Alpha Capture Ratio: Rising Interest Rates Mean Pricier Alpha

What can hedge fund investors do to optimize the price they pay for alpha?

When Hindsight Becomes Foresight: Replicating Investment Performance

Most investment products simply provide exposure to the stock market in complicated wrappers.

Higher Interest Rates: Some Hedge Fund Strategies May Benefit

Rising interest rates will provide a tailwind to three hedge fund strategies, in particular.

Book Review: Damsel in Distressed

Dominique Mielle provides an authentic, firsthand account of a long, rising, uninterrupted career at a single firm during the heyday of the hedge fund industry.

Index + Factors + Alpha, ESG: Financial Analysts Journal Editor’s Snapshot

The last Financial Analysts Journal issue of 2021 features examinations of machine learning. tax-loss harvesting, and more.