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Shifting Hedge Fund Leaderboard Continues As Market Correlations Diverge

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Mark Melin
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As market correlations diverge, a subtle hedge fund performance shift is continuing to take place, the most recent HSBC Hedge Weekly performance report shows. The fund now at the top of the list, the $274 million Tulip Trend Fund, actually posted lower returns week-over-week but nonetheless captured the top spot.

Shifting Hedge Fund Leaderboard Continues As Market Correlations Diverge

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.