Bloomberg: The Hottest Hedge-Fund Strategy Faces an Existential Crisis

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Bloomberg: The Hottest Hedge-Fund Strategy Faces an Existential Crisis

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... ial-crisis

Summary: "Long short" Hedge funds attempting to protect their funds from a downturn by allocating a portion of their portfolio to shorting the market have underperformed, and investors have pulled money from these funds. This strategy is the most popular one that is used by hedge funds.
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