Long/short equity hedge funds lagged on the upside, but protected on the downside

Aaron Cunningham

Long/short equity hedge funds had an upside capture ratio of 37.2% significantly lagging long-only indexes. Once the market started to fall, long/short equity hedge funds had a downside capture ratio of 47.5%. Overall through July long-only indexes have outperformed.

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