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This Fund Exited Several Stocks while Taking a New Position in This Serial Acquirer

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Michelle deBoer-Jones
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Alphyn Capital was down 2.7% for the second quarter, bringing its year-to-date return to 4.2%. The S&P 500 Total Return Index gained 4.3% for the second quarter and is up 15.3% year to date. Over the last year, Alphyn has gained 16.3%.

Changes underway

In his second-quarter letter to investors, Samer Hakoura said the portfolio's returns have not met his expectations. As such, he did a deep dive into the past decisions made at Alphyn Capital and found that risk and portfolio management were to blame for "a large part of the issue."

Hakoura emphasized that the changes he...

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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.