Hedge Fund Strategies
Here is a video on different hedge fund strategies. This video does a pretty good job of discussing the various stategies which hedge funds may employ. There are many different types of strategies which a hedge fund manger might use to make its returns, including the following:
* Long only
* Long/Short
* Market Neutral
* Short-bias
* Macro
* Sector
* Convertible Bond and Convertible Arbitrage
* Fixed Income Arbitrage
* Event-Driven Arbitrage
* Distressed Securities
* Emerging Markets
* Hybrid Funds
* Managed Futures
* Forex
* Energy Focused
* Real Estate Hedge Funds
* Fund of Funds
In addition to these more “traditional” types of hedge fund strategies, there are different types of investment strategies which are forming all of the time including asset based lending hedge funds, life settlement hedge funds, among other types. Sometimes lumped into the hedge fund category are Private Equity Funds and Venture Capital Funds which are pooled investment vehicles like hedge funds, but typically have different focuses and structures from hedge funds.