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Will ProShares New 130/30 ETF Manage a Better Fate than Its Peers?

These sound great, but oftentimes out of a bear market the lowest quality stocks rally the most; that is, the stocks that are most likely shorted by this type of quant fund. May not be the most opportune time to own such an etf.

What You and I Can Learn from the Endowment Blowups

Hedge Funds, on average, performed much better that the overall markets in 2008. It's not fair to lump the entire category into one and assume it is a "risky" asset class. Alternatives can play a very important role in portfolios, they have in the past and will continue to do so in the future. I think last year, however, has shown that when things are bad all correlations move towards 1.