WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – New research conducted by Merrill Lynch shows that hedge fund managers trading equities concentrated their trading activities on blue-chip and growth stocksduring the month of February 2005. Merrill also showed that hedge funds now favor more long portfolios than their traditional short-selling strategy.<\/p>\n
According to the details of the research, Merrill evaluated daily returns of equity neutral funds over the past sixteen months; equity neutral funds are unique in the sense that such portfolios are always shifting exposures to reflect new market realities.<\/p>\n
The findings show that during the month to Feb. 8, \u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bddaily returns averaged -3.1 percent when growth stocks outperformed the market, compared with -4.4 percent over the last 12 months. On trading days when value stocks outperformed others, annualized daily returns were -6.7 percent, compared with 3.7 percent for the one-year period.<\/p>\n
However, on the days when blue-chip stocks did better than the broader market, the daily annualized returns were 6.8 percent in the last month compared with -1.1 percent in the 12-month period.<\/p>\n
Merrill research also showed a tilt towards large caps, however the study authors noted, ” We would caution against making definitive conclusions from a single reading.”<\/p>\n
Paul Oranika
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