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This top hedge fund still expects value investing to outperform again

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Michelle deBoer-Jones
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JAM Partners was up 0.2% for the second quarter, bringing its return for the first half of the year to -16.3%. The S&P 500 gained 20.5% during the second quarter, while the KBW Bank Index was up 15.2%. The two indexes are down 3.1% and 32.9%, respectively, for the first half of the year.

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In his second-quarter letter to investors, which was reviewed by ValueWalk, Jacobs Asset Management Managing Partner Sy Jacobs said the fund started the quarter 3% net long and then got short during the strong rally. JAM Partners averaged 8% net short for the second quarter and ended it at 4% net short.

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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.