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Why Invest in Managed Futures?

April 9, 2009

Last time, we looked at what managed futures are, and the commodity trading advisors (CTAs) that operate these types of hedge funds. Today we’ll look at why a qualified or institutional investor would want to use them. Managed futures have historically shown a very low correlation with more traditional asset classes such as stocks and […]

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Hedge Fund Strategies: Managed Futures

April 7, 2009

When you think of futures, you may think of the famous Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and dozens of traders screaming out orders for commodities such as soybeans, pork bellies or grains. While these commodities are part of the futures market, today’s futures traders generally focus more on financial products such as interest rates, equity indexes, precious […]

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Distressed Securities Investing: When Bad News is Good News

April 2, 2009

Last time we looked at what distressed securities hedge fund investing was all about, and the types of securities they buy. Now we’ll examine how these investors are able to pick up bonds and other fixed-income securities at bargain prices. Bankruptcies often happen in waves. In the 1980s, the airline industry was suffering. In the […]

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Hedge Fund Strategies: Distressed Securities

March 30, 2009

A company facing bankruptcy may not sound like an attractive investment opportunity, but it can be for those who understand the dynamics of distressed securities. Distressed securities are the capital structures of a particular company or government that is either in default, under bankruptcy protection, or heading in that direction. Because of the risk of […]

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Hedge Fund Strategies: Emerging Markets

March 19, 2009

Last time we noted that some hedge funds are defined by the geographic markets in which they invest, rather than the specific strategies they follow. We looked at regional funds, country-specific, and emerging markets hedge funds. An emerging markets hedge fund manager invests in the equity or debt of less mature markets, which have the […]

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Hedge Fund Strategies: Geographic Orientations

March 16, 2009

Hedge fund managers use a wide variety of trading strategies with differing levels of risk and return. Overall, their primary goal is to generate positive returns regardless of market conditions. There are dozens of hedge fund strategies and sub-strategies within those categories. Complicating matters is that there is no standardized system of classifying hedge funds […]

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Hedge Fund Strategies — Market Neutral

March 3, 2009

Market-neutral hedge funds are close to the true definition of a hedge fund, in that they “hedge” market risk with offsetting long and short positions. A market-neutral hedge fund manager, for example, will take long positions in a company’s stock that he thinks is undervalued, and take short positions in stocks that he thinks are overvalued. The […]

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