A pair of high-flying health care hedge funds are jumping out to a commanding lead in the HSBC Hedge Weekly performance ranking as quantitative hedge funds are thankful they didn’t listen to fundamental advice on oil and other commodities during 2015. Hedge funds – Health care exposure leads to representation on the top and bottom of HSBC list 2015 has been an odd year in the hedge fund orbit from several perspectives. Take the health care standouts on the HSBC weekly hedge fund report. AAM Absolute Return Fund, up a whopping 60.48% coming into the end of the year and…
Odd Year Ends On Odd Notes As Health Care Hedge Funds Take Lead
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.