The Illusionary Allure of Hedge Funds

Hedge funds may appear to be the property of an exclusive club of accredited investors reaping the benefits of exotic investment strategies, but what will you find behind the velvet rope?

You'll find that many beliefs about hedge funds are baseless sales pitches. In this episode of Common Sense Investing, I'll explain how hedge funds work, and what we know about their performance as an asset class.

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Referenced in this video:
Hedge Fund Performance 1990 – 2000: Do the ‘Money Machines’ Really Add Value - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=270074
The Jones Nobody Keeps Up With (Fortune, 1966) - http://fortune.com/2015/12/29/hedge-funds-fortune-1966/
HEDGE FUND PERFORMANCE 1990-2000 DO THE ‘MONEY MACHINES’ REALLY ADD VALUE? - https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4c3c/28fbce0403d27f530efc37256a7a78aa18cf.pdf
http://www.iinews.com/site/pdfs/JPM_Fall_2001_AQR.pdf

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