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Despite Volatility, Hedge Funds Weather October Storm

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Mark Melin
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October wasn’t that bad a month for hedge funds after all, says a new prime brokerage report from Morgan Stanley reviewed by ValueWalk.

Hedge funds’ median returns up 0.08%

Shrugging off mid-month drawdowns, hedge funds generally appeared to end the month in positive territory, with median returns up 0.08 percent. Year to date most funds are trailing the stock market, up just 1.79 percent year to date, based on Morgan Stanley data. Most funds were able to hold on to their long positions and benefited from a rebound.

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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.