Market Analysis
Long/Short Equity Hedge Funds: Why Market Neutral Does Not Mean Safe
TL;DR: "Market neutral" describes a fund's net exposure to the overall market, not its total risk. A long/short equity fund can hold zero net exposure and still lose 20% or more in a month if its...
Jeff Barnes, MBA··11 min read
Market Analysis
Convertible Arbitrage, Decoded: How Hedge Funds Trade Mispriced Options
TL;DR: Convertible arbitrage is a hedge fund strategy that buys a company's convertible bonds while short-selling its common stock to isolate and harvest a cheap embedded call option. The trade has co
Jeff Barnes, MBA··11 min read
Market Analysis
Market-Neutral Hedge Fund Strategies: How Uncorrelated Returns Actually Work
TL;DR: A market-neutral hedge fund isn't trying to beat the SP 500. It's trying to earn a small, steady spread over cash by holding roughly 50% of net assets long and 50% short, so the portfolio's bet
Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read