Bridgewater Investor Slides Reveal Differences Between All Weather and Pure Alpha Strategies

In some respects Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha and All Weather products are like different hedge funds.

A recent ValueWalk review of presentation materials from a February 5 investor meeting illuminates the differences from an under the hood perspective while the raw net returns speak to the issue at a higher level. (ValueWalk recently reviewed the Pure Alpha strategy from these limited presentation materials in an article here.)

All Weather Gets Hit With High Equity Correlations During Storms

In 2008, a key test of noncorrelated investment supremacy, the Pure Alpha program...