2015 Was Worse Than 2008 For Hedge Funds

Rupert Hargreaves

Published onMarch 17, 2016

Updated on May 13, 2021

2015 Was Worse Than 2008 For Hedge Funds

2015 was worse than 2008 for hedge funds in crowded stocks, according to the March 15 issue of the Bloomberg Brief Hedge Fund edition.

It’s been widely reported that many of the industry’s largest hedge funds are highly concentrated in a few key stocks, but how badly these funds have been doing may surprise you.

Hedge funds: Caught by surprise

A lot of hedge funds were heavily invested at the end of last year, and when the market started to collapse in January, a lot of hedge funds were caught by surprise.

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Rupert Hargreaves

Sign up now and get our in-depth FREE e-books on famous investors like Klarman, Dalio, Schloss, Munger Rupert is a committed value investor and regularly writes and invests following the principles set out by Benjamin Graham. He is the editor and co-owner of Hidden Value Stocks, a quarterly investment newsletter aimed at institutional investors. Rupert owns shares in Berkshire Hathaway. Rupert holds qualifications from the Chartered Institute For Securities & Investment and the CFA Society of the UK. Rupert covers everything value investing for Hedge Fund Alpha

2015 Was Worse Than 2008 For Hedge Funds

Hedge funds: Caught by surprise

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