Rothschild Fund Posts Strong 2014 Returns

Overall, the US stock market had a good 2014, despite giving back gains in the final weeks of the year.  The S&P 500 rose 11.81% for the year, Dow Jones Industrials rose 8.16%, and the Nasdaq had the best performance of the three with a gain of nearly 14%.  Despite the overall gain in the markets, hedge funds saw the highest rate of closures since 2009.  In the first half of 2014 alone, before oil prices began their collapse, 461 hedge funds closed their doors, according to Hedge Fund Research Inc.  While the average hedge fund return for 2014 was…