Comments on: Hedge Funds Continue to Take It on the Chin http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/hedge-funds-continue-to-take-it-on-chin.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:08:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: J. (marketfolly) http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/hedge-funds-continue-to-take-it-on-chin.html#comment-13691 J. (marketfolly) Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:11:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/hedge-funds-continue-to-take-it-on-the-chin/#comment-13691 yea july seemed to be a rough month for a lot of funds, especially macro funds: http://marketfolly.blogspot.com/2008/08/rough-july-for-macro-funds.html yea july seemed to be a rough month for a lot of funds, especially macro funds: http://marketfolly.blogspot.com/2008/08/rough-july-for-macro-funds.html

]]> By: ndk http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/hedge-funds-continue-to-take-it-on-chin.html#comment-13279 ndk Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:13:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/hedge-funds-continue-to-take-it-on-the-chin/#comment-13279 It was also an Ospraie fund that was the major victim in the copper short squeeze of '06. The investors there got the opportunity to wash their funds into the main fund. Fool me once...<br/><br/>http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060608/REG/606080708/-1/BreakingNews04 It was also an Ospraie fund that was the major victim in the copper short squeeze of ‘06. The investors there got the opportunity to wash their funds into the main fund. Fool me once…

http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060608/REG/606080708/-1/BreakingNews04

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/hedge-funds-continue-to-take-it-on-chin.html#comment-13266 Anonymous Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:08:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/08/hedge-funds-continue-to-take-it-on-the-chin/#comment-13266 <i>a focus on shedding risk and preserving capital would seem to be in order.</i><br/><br/>But the only possible way of generating high returns (and justifying their high fees) is to take large risks. <br/><br/>Or should I say- taking large risks with their investors' capital. a focus on shedding risk and preserving capital would seem to be in order.

But the only possible way of generating high returns (and justifying their high fees) is to take large risks.

Or should I say- taking large risks with their investors’ capital.

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