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What the Hedge Funds' Bad September Could Mean for Markets

This is an ignorant rant on a site that I respect, and am surprised it was posted. Free speech I guess. I can understand the mob mentality unleashed now that markets are bleeding (yipee for those of us 100% in cash with ready ammo to redeploy). When some church leader in England called hedge funds (or was it short sellers) bank robbers who were responsible for the collapse of all those mighty banks, you know the messenger is about to be lynched.

Anyway, I digress. The term hedge funds is a misnomer. These are trading vehicles, with different strategies. It doesn't mean that when markets are down these vehicles will all be in profit. Some will fare better than others and some blow up - but on the whole I think you will find investors in these vehicles will have performed relatively better than those invested in long only mutual funds.

I sense sour grapes in you tone.... <wink>