Re:I'm bullish on hedge funds
by JamesLeonis on Thursday August 18, 2016 @02:58PM
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"Winning" is the wrong mode of thought. It's risk/reward. Index funds are low risk low reward, by design. Hedge funds are high risk high reward.
Put another way, Startups are just narrowly defined hedge funds. You can be adverse in investing in a risky startup and still be bullish about startups in general.
Except that the "high reward" part has been missing in the past several years. Hedge funds have been mostly under-performing (compared to the overall market).
Re:I'm bullish on hedge funds
by hkmurakami on Thursday August 18, 2016 @03:48PM
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>Put another way, Startups are just narrowly defined hedge funds.
s/Startups/VC Funds
Also, VC Funds are Narrowly defined PE Funds, which are in turn Narrowly defined Hedge Funds [1], which in turn are narrowly defined Money Managers.
[1]a "hedge fu8nd" should be able to mimic a PE Fund if it chose to do so
Re:I'm bullish on hedge funds
by mathattack on Thursday August 18, 2016 @02:19PM
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As individuals we are much better off with passive indices.
Re:I'm bullish on hedge funds
by tedunangst on Thursday August 18, 2016 @02:54PM
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In a down market, an index ETF loses money.
That's the best description of a hedge fund that I've heard. Likewise, I don't see how that will ever be a winning investment strategy. You'd be better off with just an index ETF.