High Win Percentage Doesn't Help Duet Fund In 2013

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Mark Melin
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With a reported trade win percentage near 80%, the Duet Global Plus fund is operating on the high end of the range for hedge fund performance in this key statistic, but overall returns for the fund nonetheless fell short of expectations in 2013, with just a 3.95% annual return, its worst yearly performance in its history, according to an investor letter reviewed by ValueWalk.  The fund’s annualized target is 10% to 15% with a low volatility target of 3% to 4%. The level of downside deviation at 0.47% is also significantly positive as is the worst drawdown of -0.87%, showing…

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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.