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April 18, 2006
Hedge fund indexes stay positive in first quarter
Major hedge fund indexes ended the first quarter well into positive terrain, with returns ranging from 6.1% to 3.3%. All indexes beat the poor showing of the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond index, which returned -0.5% for the quarter, and many beat the S&P 500 index return of 3.7% and the MSCI World index return of 5.6%.
The returns for the three months ended March 31 were: Barclay Hedge Fund index, 6.1%; HFRI Fund Weighted Composite index, 5.9%; HFN Hedge Fund Aggregate Average, 5.7%; Greenwich-Van Global Hedge Fund index, 5.7%; Hennessee Hedge Fund index, 5.7%; HFRI Fund of Funds Composite index, 4.8%; HFN Fund of Funds Aggregate Average, 4.7%; S&P 500 Hedge Fund index, 4.0%; and the MSCI Hedge Invest index, 3.3%.
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Posted by su at April 18, 2006 10:20 AM