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More-sophisticated investors can also hedge against volatility by using so-called long-short strategies, which attempt to generate stock-market returns, but with lower risk.

Stress-Test Your Portfolio Jonathan Burton 2011

Among funds focused on so-called long-short strategies, which involve betting on and against stocks, a tendency for many individual stocks to move together has made it extremely challenging, traders say.

Tough Era for 'Macro' Funds Tom Lauricella 2011

Such an infusion would be a boon to managers of long-short equity hedge funds, which were hit hard during the financial crisis.

Hedge Funds Scramble as Rivals Exit Steve Eder 2011

KKR hired a team of proprietary traders from Goldman Sachs last year to build a long-short equities hedge fund, which the firm expects to start managing client assets in the second half of the year.

KKR's First-Quarter Results Beat Estimates Amy Or 2011

Several investors in the funds as well as consultants close to the matter say some investors are looking to put their cash into funds that follow the same "long-short" investment style.

Hedge Funds Scramble as Rivals Exit Steve Eder 2011

Traditional long-short stock strategies and macroeconomic strategies are struggling.

Volatile Quarter Tests Resolve Tom Lauricella 2011

Bet Against Losers Another way to use stocks as an inflation hedge is to bet against businesses likely to be hurt by higher prices, says Stephen Roseman , manager of Thesis Flexible Fund , a long-short mutual fund based in New York.

Pros Seek Inflation-Resistant Stocks Javier Espinoza 2011

The firm, which is building a long-short equities hedge fund, said it saw huge opportunities in real estate, a sector that already benefits rival Blackstone Group LP.

KKR's First-Quarter Results Beat Estimates Amy Or 2011

The hedge fund, run by well-known manager Steven Cohen , is "soft closing" the $14 billion long-short equities hedge fund, the person said, meaning that it isn't accepting capital from new investors for the time being, but may accept funds again at a later date.

SAC to Close Its Flagship Fund to New Investors Amy Or 2011

Investors looking for the equity risk premium but with lower volatility and lower risk than equities should consider special situations and equity long-short funds.

Capital Generation's Said: Pick the Manager, Not the Fund Tara Loader Wilkinson 2011