Hedge Funds Slip 0.14% As Of Mid-December

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  1. dealmaker

    dealmaker

    Hedge Funds Slip 0.14% As Of Mid-December
    Jan 27 2015 | 9:14am ET

    The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index was down 0.14% as of mid-December.

    Futures strategies were the best performers as of mid-month, adding 0.99%, and were up 9.33% year to date.

    Equity market neutral funds were up 0.38% mid-December (up 2.93% YTD), macro funds were up 35% mid-month (up 4.27% YTD) and arbitrage strategies were up 0.28% mid-month (up 6.36% YTD).

    In the red as of mid-December were event-driven funds, down 0.86% (down 1.18% YTD); long/short equity funds, down 0.66% (up 1.96% YTD); and long/short credit funds, down 0.56% (up 4.09% YTD).
     
  2. Trend followers had a big year last year, thus the performance of the futures traders.