European Hedge Funds Caught Out by Bull Run in Stocks

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Investors in European hedge funds were wrong-footed after positioning for a subdued equity-market performance in 2019

LONDON—If you invested in a European hedge fund this year, you might wish you had put your money elsewhere. The problem, according to some hedge-fund advisers: Managers misjudged the strength of the stock market’s bull run.

European-domiciled hedge funds returned 7.55% this year to the start of December, net of fees, according to the most recent data from research firm eVestment, far behind the Stoxx Europe 600 index and the S&P 500, which returned 20.7% and 25.3% for the same period, respectively.

 

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Equity markets underperformed in real GDP terms in Eurpoe and in America. The American Federal Reserve's M1 infusion and the Donald Trump & Republican's Tax Cuts for Corporations & the American Millionaires & Billionaires have skewed the real fundamentals.

They probably going to buy the High soon too. What a disgrace

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