Einhorn Cub Get Boost In Q3 From Short Positions

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New York City-based Southpoint Capital Advisors, started by an ex Greenlight Capital Partners executive, is delivering a relatively difficult feat for investors, one that goes often unrecognized. The Long / Short hedge fund, up 12.7% year to date, is beating the Russell 2000 benchmark. But this isn’t the achievement. Both the firm’s long and short were up for the quarter, according to a letter to investors reviewed by ValueWalk, a sign of unique alpha amid a wide-ranging bull market. [klarman] Long / Short strategies often have trouble with short exposure in a bull market When hedge funds are compared to a…

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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.