hedge funds: Thomas Schneeweis on 9 things to look at before investing in hedge funds

hedge funds: Thomas Schneeweis on 9 things to look at before investing in hedge funds

Eminent fund manager Thomas Schneeweis says focusing on past performance is the first and biggest mistake investors make when it comes to asset allocation. According to Schneeweis, investors should be rather focused on risk instead of returns. “Much of the past, though interesting, may have very little relevance to what we do today,” he said.” … Read more

Hedge funds: Hedge funds kick risk addiction at end of crazy year for stocks

Calm has finally come to a stock market that for weeks had been swinging violently. Bulls who hung tough are ending the year on firm footing after a frenzied off-loading of risk by professional speculators. December’s big sellers were hedge funds, which, chastened by wrong-way bets on high-flying software firms, spent the month slashing high-momentum … Read more