The Long & Short of the Last Decade

From January 2000 to December 2009, the S&P 500 generated a total return of -9.1%. Equity long-short strategies, however, generated a total return of 68.9% (+78%) over the same period. In a bear market decade, equity hedge strategies disproved the conventional wisdom that higher returns must mean higher risk. read more...

AlphaOne Essentials Global Fund Launched

A market-neutral, long-short hedge fund seeking to generate long-term capital appreciation. The Fund's beta-neutral portfolio construction attempts to isolate opportunities in specific undervalued or overvalued securities from the systematic risk of global equity markets. The Fund's goal is to generate positive absolute returns with low volatility.

Dan Niles on the European debt crisis, its origins, and the likelihood of Europe's woes affecting the U.S. economy.