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"Winning" is the wrong mode of thought. It's risk/reward. Index funds are low risk low reward, by design. Hedge funds are high risk high reward. Put another wa
by JamesLeonis 10y ago
"Winning" is the wrong mode of thought. It's risk/reward. Index funds are low risk low reward, by design. Hedge funds are high risk high reward.
Put another way, Startups are just narrowly defined hedge funds. You can be adverse in investing in a risky startup and still be bullish about startups in general.
- hkmurakami 10y ago>Put another way, Startups are just narrowly defined hedge funds. s/Startups/VC Funds Also, VC Funds are Narrowly defined PE Funds, which are in turn Narrowly defined Hedge Funds [1], which in turn are narrowly defined Money Managers. [1]a "hedge fu8nd" should be able to mimic a PE Fund if it chose to do so
- jazzyk 10y agoExcept that the "high reward" part has been missing in the past several years. Hedge funds have been mostly under-performing (compared to the overall market).