Friday, December 31, 2010

The Future of Hedge Funds


Hedge funds and their appetite for risk continue to appeal to investors, perhaps reflecting the late stages of a bull market, where attitudes to risk shift in two complementary ways: the future appears less risky; and, at the same time, investors' appetite for risk rises. But their bad experiences in 1998, the possibility of worse in the future, and the potential regulatory backlash suggest that their fashionable status as high-end mutual funds may wane.

But one hedge fund manager definitely worth continuing to be aware of is James Cramer of Cramer, Berkowitz & Co., who is also co-founder, co-chairman and contributing editor of TheStreet.com, an online financial publication self-described as "dedicated to providing investors with timely, insightful, and irreverent reporting and bringing accountability to the markets and the media that cover them." This is one of the most entertaining investment sites on the internet.

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