What is a fund of funds?
You own a portfolio of common stocks that more or less tracks the stock index in the preceding table. The statistics are historical but you believe they are reasonable forecasts of future returns. Rely on the following table to answer questions 2.13 to 2.17.
Performance of Hedge Fund Styles (Hypothetical)
|
Fund Style |
Return |
Standard |
Correlation |
|
Convertible arbitrage |
8.00% |
4.33% |
10.00% |
|
Global macro |
12.00% |
12.99% |
25.00% |
|
Long/short equity |
10.00% |
8.66% |
50.00% |
|
Stock index |
10.00% |
17.32% |
100.00% |