the long awaited return of value? well for now at least some good news for value hedge funds
Donald Trump winning the US presidential election has saved hedge funds this year. According to research from Morgan Stanley, in the days after the election result became known, long/short hedge funds’ alpha spiked but has since settled.
According to the research, in November the HFRX Equity Hedge Index (long/short index) gained 9 basis points of alpha relative to Morgan’s proprietary six-factor risk model. In the run-up to the election, hedge funds struggled with -67 bps of alpha through November 8. But after the election alpha surged with funds generating an average +76 bps of alpha after November 8.
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