Investing August 7, 2003
Van Global Hedge Index Sees 1.2% Net July Advance
August 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Van Global
Hedge Fund Index gained 1.2% net of fees in July based on
preliminary data, according to Van Hedge Fund Advisors
International.
Reported by Fred Schneyer
About 70% of all early reporting funds were profitable last month, with the strongest gains in heavy equity-oriented strategies such as Aggressive Growth and Value. At the same time, Short Selling appears to have fared the worst among a handful of losing strategies in July.
Other than short sellers, many of the funds facing a difficult July traded bond-related strategies, such as Income, Convertible Arbitrage and Fixed Income Arbitrage. The benchmark US Treasury 10-year note slid sharply last month, with yields climbing back from a June low previously unseen for over forty years.
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