Bloomberg Top Hedge Fund Performance List Doesn’t Include Much Long Only Exposure

Hedge fund performance... What is perhaps most obvious about Bloomberg’s list of top performing hedge funds is the lack of long-only performers on the list. But more specifically, the type of strategies that succeeded in a challenging environment for stock investing.

Hedge fund performance. - Funds with over $1 billion on performance list heavy in long / short, quantitative strategies

With the S&P 500 down a fraction of a percent in 2015, it might come as no surprise that the list of top performing hedge funds included multiple strategy types, with long / short, quantitative and market neutral strategies turning in top performances.

Over 40% of the hedge funds in Bloomberg’s top 50...