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Here's What This Big Hedge Fund Company Is Buying Meet Viking Global Investors. Viking is known as a long-short global equity fund, meaning that it aims to maintain long positions in companies on which it's bullish, and short positions in those where it's bearish. |
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Why This Smart Strategy Backfired Absolute-return funds seem like a great idea, but they've performed horribly lately. |
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Catching Wind With Short Sails Are new strategies from long-short managers more sophisticated, or just riskier? |
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Trade Like a Hedge Fund Although this strategy is often used by hedge funds and applied to equities, you can also build your own 130/30 portfolio using ETFs. |
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Another Investing Fad Bites the Dust Say sayonara to 130/30 mutual funds. |
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A Different Mix As investors suffer through this year's unstable market, the wounded are talking about alternative investments. |
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