Centaur Value Up 12% YTD: Likes Cash, Warns On Market Optimism

Zeke Ashton’s Centaur Value Fund is having a great year. According to the hedge fund’s monthly investor letter,  a copy of which was reviewed by ValueWalk, for the year to the end of November Centaur produced a return of 11.6% (12.8%) for investors, outpacing the S&P 500 which returned 9.8% over the same period. At first glance, these returns may not seem that impressive but considering the fund’s total gross exposure is only 57.2% of assets, an outperformance of 1.8% year-to-date is impressive. Centaur’s net exposures typically range from 50% to 75% and since inception (August 2002) the fund has…