{"id":15327,"date":"2010-04-26T07:54:33","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T11:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=15327"},"modified":"2010-04-26T08:00:28","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T12:00:28","slug":"morningstar-1q-preliminary-hedge-fund-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/04\/2010\/morningstar-1q-preliminary-hedge-fund-performance.html","title":{"rendered":"Morningstar: Q1 Preliminary Hedge Fund Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/funds1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15330\" title=\"hedge funds Q1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/funds1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/funds1.jpg 264w, https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/funds1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Investment research provder, Morningstar Inc., reported that hedge funds in their database saw overall inflows of $2.6 billion in February, bringing net outflows down to approximately $1.0 billion for the first two months of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Hedge fund returns were bolstered by a global equity market rally in March. The MSCI World Stock Index climbed 6.0%, as stock markets in Europe, Asia, The United States, and emerging countries all showed substantial gains.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hedge funds remain cautious, but they are peeking their heads out at the stock market rally,&#8221; said John Rekenthaler, Morningstar\u2019s vice president of research. &#8220;They are assuming greater market risk while equity markets rebound.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hedge funds in the database appeared to be hedged similarly in March as they were in November 2009, when hedge funds captured only a small fraction of that month&#8217;s equity market profits.<\/p>\n<p>The Morningstar Emerging Market Equity Hedge Fund Index and the currency-hedged Morningstar MSCI Emerging Markets Hedge Fund Index rose 4.3% and 4.8%, respectively, in March. Eastern European stocks moved the most, benefiting from the European Union&#8217;s support of Greece.<\/p>\n<p>Momentum in oil prices, which hit 17-month highs due to positive global economic data and President Obama&#8217;s new offshore drilling policy, as well as a rising U.S. dollar and falling gold prices, contributed to gains in trend-following funds.<\/p>\n<p>Morningstar has approximately 8,000 hedge funds and funds of hedge funds in its database.<\/p>\n<p>Editing by Alex Akesson<br \/>\nFor <a title=\"hedge funds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alex@hedgeco.net\">alex@hedgeco.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.Net<\/a> is a premier <a title=\"hedge fund database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">hedge fund database<\/a> and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership in <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a> is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">Hedge Funds<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Investment research provder, Morningstar Inc., reported that hedge funds in their database saw overall inflows of $2.6 billion in February, bringing net outflows down to approximately $1.0 billion for the first two months of the year. 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