Hedge Fund Crossroads: Survey finds many have “no confidence” in own market timing, yet their net exposure is on the rise.
| Oct 7th, 2009 | Filed under: Hedge Fund Industry Trends, Today's Post | By: Alpha Male |
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If there’s one prevalent complaint among investors of all stripes, it’s that the majority of hedge funds “didn’t do what they were supposed to” during last year’s market collapse and subsequent economic downturn: hedge.
Which begs the question, “How good are hedge fund managers at predicting the future direction of markets anyway?”
A series of reports in the past week seem to suggest that although hedge fund managers aren’t sure which way markets are going, they aren’t complaining about rising markets.
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