“Investors pulled a net $1.52 billion from the $2.9 trillion industry in the fourth quarter of last year, Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research said Wednesday. The typical hedge fund lost 1 percent in 2015, even after rising 0.8 percent in the fourth quarter, according to the firm’s HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index. Investors are ‘looking for strategies that will help preserve capital’ in a volatile market environment, Hedge Fund Research president Ken Heinz said at a press briefing in London. ‘They are positioning for anything but the S&P 500 Index making 30 percent in 2016.'”
Related posts:
Dad Finds 4th-Grader's Crayon-Written Paper: ‘I'll Give Up Constitutional Rights To Be Safer'
Obama on Iran: Diplomacy can work when backed with military threats
Bank of England Governor on Bitcoin: It needs 'accountability'
China shuts down $88 million mocked museum with ‘fake’ national treasures
Washington state purges 'sexist' language from public laws
Japan Urges Its Companies to Help Stimulate Economy
Idea of Euro Exit Finds Currency in Portugal
U.S. to overtake Russia as top oil producer: IEA
Houston-area officer indicted in death of teenager
3-year-old Japanese boy receives partial lung transplant from mother
The drug war works its way into your pants
Why Did Lavabit Founder Shut Down His Company?
Release The FISA Memo. Let's See What's In It
Russia evacuates citizens in Syria ahead of military strikes in the 'next few days'
Wal-Mart sues Visa for $5 billion over card swipe fees