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This energy hedge fund run by SAC alum sees opportunities in the sell-off

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Michelle deBoer-Jones
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The Electron Global Fund LP was down 25.2% for the first quarter, compared to the MSCI World Utilities Index's 14.3% decline and the S&P 500's 20% decline. Electron temporarily reduced its exposures to protect capital amid the recent volatility.

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However, the fund's management plans to increase exposures this month and continues to monitor gross leverage and stock correlations. They used the same tactic of short-term exposure reduction in 2008, resulting in "significant outperformance" in the following year.

In his first-quarter letter to investors, which was reviewed by ValueWalk, Managing Partner...

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Michelle deBoer-Jones is editor-in-chief of Hedge Fund Alpha. She also writes comparative analyses of stocks for TipRanks and runs Providence Writing Services. Previously, she was a television news producer for eight years, producing the morning news programs for NBC affiliates in Evansville, Indiana and Huntsville, Alabama and spending a short time at the CBS affiliate in Huntsville.