RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Case for Hedge Funds
JF The Journal of Alternative Investments
FD Institutional Investor Journals
SP 63
OP 75
DO 10.3905/jai.1999.318911
VO 2
IS 3
YR 1999
UL https://pm-research.com/content/2/3/63.abstract
AB There is a general perception that hedge funds are dangerously high risk vehicles designed only for the elite. The majority of statistical and intellectual evidence suggests otherwise. As has been demonstrated, there is an inherent return in hedge funds, which exists partly because there is excess profit to be earned from consistently dealing in the world's capital and derivative markets. Hedge funds are paid, and have the incentive, to trade and invest when others cannot, will not, or need to be on the other side.