How tail risk funds work

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Michelle deBoer-Jones
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Tail risk funds have gotten a lot of attention since the sudden selloff that struck the markets in March, so many wonder how they work. Several tail risk funds reported returns in excess of 1,000%, causing questions about how such a return is even possible. It has to do with the way they go about investing and the way they report their returns.

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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.