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Five of Six HedgeCoVest Portfolios Outperform Overall Market

(HedgeCo.net) – The overall market lost 5.77% last week, and that was the worst weekly loss in the last four years for the S&P 500. The HedgeCoVest portfolios fared much better as a whole with five out of the six […]

How Liquid are Liquid Alternatives?

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Liquid alternative mutual funds have seen explosive growth over the last five years and with good reason. The idea behind liquid alts is to offer the benefits of hedge fund strategies while eliminating some of the […]

Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Index Up in July

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index was up 1.38% in July which was a nice recovery from the 2.05% loss for the month of June. The index, which was designed to represent the overall hedge […]

Model Spotlight: Ashbury Behavioral Long/Short Model

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Ashbury Behavioral Long/Short Model is designed to exploit long-term behavioral biases in forecasting, fundamental valuation, and trend following.  It targets areas where people’s behavioral biases are pervasive and impossible to overcome, using two sub-strategies that […]

Four Out of Six HedgeCoVest Portfolios Outperformed in Past Two Weeks

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The last couple of weeks have been tumultuous with the uncertainty surrounding Greece’s sovereign debt and the selloff in China. During the last two weeks, the S&P 500 lost 1.18% and the Nasdaq lost 1.63%. Using […]

Overall Market Down, But Four Portfolios Outperformed

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The S&P lost 0.4% last week as the uncertainty surrounding Greece took its toll on stocks in the latter half of the week. The index lost ground in each of the last three trading days and […]

Biotech Long-Only Composite Leads With A YTD Of 28%

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Looking at the composite models and the changes that were made during the week from June 11 through June 18, we saw lots of changes in the top five positions in the models, but there were […]

Composite Models Strong In A Choppy Week

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The S&P managed to snap its two-week losing streak last week, but it was by the smallest of margins. The index gained a whopping total of 0.06% on the week. Trade was choppy with Monday and […]

Worst Two-Week Start for Stocks Since ‘09

New York (HedgeCo.Net) January 15 marked the end of the first 10 days of trading in 2015 and to say it has been a little shaky for the stock market would be putting it mildly. The S&P lost 3.18% in […]