long/short equity

While hedge fund of funds remain popular with smaller endowment plans to gain quick exposure, long/short equity remains the most popular hedge fund strategy overall, with 61% of endowments including this strategy as part of their portfolio.

Equity

Equity long/short is probably the single most common hedge fund strategy, at least among newcomers to the industry: the industry’s a straightforward extension of the ‘stock picking’ practised by many conventional investment managers.

global macro,

For example, hedge fund strategies include global macro, event arbitrage, emerging markets, distressed, convertible arbitrage, market neutral, etc.

systematic, quant, long/short equity

Featured hedge fund strategies include: systematic, quant, long/short equity, global macro, credit, relative value and managed future CTA.

market-neutral, global macro, and managed futures

As such, these funds are generally limited to the most liquid hedge fund strategies including, long/short equity, market-neutral, global macro, and managed futures.

long/short equity, merger arbitrage, managed futures

Strategies include long/short equity, merger arbitrage, managed futures, and other hedge fund strategies.

from long/short equity to event-driven approaches, among others

Strategies for hedge funds vary greatly from long/short equity to event-driven approaches, among others, and hedge funds invest in a broad range of securities and assets.

credit arbitrage,

Over the next decade, hedge fund strategies expanded to include: credit arbitrage, distressed debt, fixed income, quantitative, and multi-strategy.

distressed debt, fixed income, quantitative, and multi-strategy

Over the next decade, hedge fund strategies expanded to include: credit arbitrage, distressed debt, fixed income, quantitative, and multi-strategy.

income equity long-short, convertible arbitrage and fund of hedge fund

Common hedge fund strategies include income equity long-short, convertible arbitrage and fund of hedge fund.

leverage, short-selling and short term investments

Hedge fund strategies may include leverage, short-selling and short term investments.

the long/short equity strategy and banning short selling, or betting on the expectation that a stock will fall, even on only individual stocks which the rule targets, interferes with thousands of funds' trading mode of operation

One of the most widely implemented strategies among hedge fund managers is the long/short equity strategy and banning short selling, or betting on the expectation that a stock will fall, even on only individual stocks which the rule targets, interferes with thousands of funds' trading mode of operation.

long/short

Hedge fund strategies are described with esoteric terms such as long/short, merger arbitrage, fixed income arbitrage, global macro and equity market neutral.

The global macro approach to investing

The global macro approach to investing is one of the most popular hedge fund strategies seen today.

trading currencies with extreme leverage to using event-driven tactics

Hedge fund strategies can range from trading currencies with extreme leverage to using event-driven tactics such as taking activist positions in companies.

aggressive growth, income, emerging markets, value and short selling

Other hedge fund strategies include aggressive growth, income, emerging markets, value and short selling.

long/short credit, commodities trading

Hedge fund strategies focus on long/short credit, commodities trading, emerging market equities and macroeconomic strategies.

equity, relative value, distressed securities and activism

Hedge funds can pursue a varying degree of strategies including macro, equity, relative value, distressed securities and activism.

commonly referred to as “appraisal arbitrage

An increasingly popular hedge fund strategy, commonly referred to as “appraisal arbitrage,” recently received a significant boost from the Delaware Court of Chancery.

those which will maximize profit potentials while reducing the volatility of an asset

The best hedge fund strategies are those which will maximize profit potentials while reducing the volatility of an asset.