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Global Return Asset Management January 2020 Commentary: Why We Like Cash

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Jacob Wolinsky
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Global Return Asset Management commentary for the month of January 31, 2020.

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Dear Friends and Partners,

In January we generated a net return of 2.7%.1

We ended the month with 30% of assets in Cash and a Net Market Exposure of -24%.

You can view our January Fact Sheet below.

Global Return Jan 2020

Of course, I’m happy with our January results, as well as our 40.6% net return in 2019, but what's more significant is that we accomplished this with minimal risk: In 2019, our average Cash Balance all year long was 21% and our Net Market Exposure was -22%.1 And as described above, we incurred...

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Jacob Wolinsky is the ex-Founder of Valuewalk.com (founded 2011, sold 2023). He is founder of HedgeFundAlpha (formerly ValueWalk Premium), a hedge fund focused intelligence service for institutional investors. Prior to founding Valuewalk, Jacob covered small caps, worked recruiting members for a large hedge fund community and freelance financial journalism. Jacob lives with his wife and five kids in Passaic Park NJ. - Email: jacob(at)hedgefundalpha.com. For confidential inquires email me for my Signal ID. Other methods of secure communication are also available. FD: Most of my portfolio is in I mostly purchase broad-based ETFs, mutual funds or individual bonds - I do this for performance reasons and to avoid any potential conflict of interest or occasional receipt of insider information. I will disclose if I have a stake in any company, but in general I have few stocks and I avoid any trading especially around topics I am covering.