As major hedge funds, in general, underperform major stock market benchmarks, certain Long / Short strategies, particularly in China, are keeping up. The Long / Short strategy is often burdened by short exposure during bull markets, particularly when the market beta is showered across all stocks without significant idiosyncratic differentials. During a stock market decline the strategies, which often under-perform stock market benchmarks, are expected to protect assets with their short exposure. With the HFRI Relative Value Total Index up just 4.01% year to date, niche categories are where performance is being found. [dalio] Asian-focused Long / Short hedge fund…
Long Short Strategies Delivering Performance As Year Near Close
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.