Strategies: Just How Contagious Is That Hedge Fund?
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Even when hedge funds say they are pursuing entirely separate investment strategies, they often actually use common approaches.
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For either good or bad, these funds stand out from the rest of the pack.
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Growth-stock funds are back in vogue. Fools should take care.
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Hedge funds, faced with falling profits  and fading opportunities, are pondering fresh ways to make  money, with one new strategy involving trading a company's debt  against its equity, analysts said.
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Giving the gift of investing? Consider this pair of stocking stuffers.
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As private equity firms and hedge funds line up to go public, their traditional investors are worried that new distractions might make it harder to continue delivering stellar returns.
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The hedge fund Fortress Investment Group is said to be considering an initial public offering that could value the company from $5 billion to $7 billion.
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Martha and the Vandellas recorded A 1965 Motown classic that began: "Nowhere to run to, baby/Nowhere to hide." With the stock and bond markets not going much of anywhere, you may despair of finding any good liquid investment for your cash. Of course, you can tie up your money for long periods with hedge funds and their ilk, hoping for decent returns. But there are some good alternatives, particularly in the energy sector. In this issue, fellow columnist Richard Lehmann discusses royalty trusts, which focus on oil and gas extraction (see p. 206).
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Most higher-performing funds share one trait in common.
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Do you have a personal investment policy? If so, you knew how to behave these past four months. If not, you voyaged from "should I sell?" to "too late to sell now" to "what stock market? I'm too busy playing Second Life." When equities rise again, you'll claim that your strategy always has been t...
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ETFs offer a great way to branch out. Just make sure your funds don't overlap.
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Can there be such a thing as an excess of moderation? Mutual-fund investors seem bent on finding out. They have poured huge amounts of money lately into old-fashioned conservative stock-and-bond mutual funds.
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As investors search for ways to diversify risk, hedge funds have expanded investments beyond stocks and bonds into art, wine, rare stamps and even soccer players.
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A ton of smart money is betting against small caps. Here's why you shouldn't worry.
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We finally get to know some of the deep, dark secrets of the mutual fund business: Are funds really protecting shareholder rights or just rubber-stamping the agendas of corporate leaders?
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When it comes to fund investing, the devil is in the details.
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It&#39;s a question that has bedeviled fund investors for years--how do you know if the people running the fund have your best interests at heart?