Hedge Fund Investing
January 27, 2010 at 11:00 AM EST
Hedge funds and the managers who run them have been getting a lot of publicity lately — and not of the flattering kind. We have massive Ponzi schemes, equally massive losses and outsized systemic risks that are enough to frighten away even the hardiest of investors. So before you leap, you need to look — carefully and deeply into this industry. When you do, however, you’ll also find that there’s a lot more to hedge funds than has been making it into the evening news … Hedge funds are an integral part of our financial investment landscape. They often outperform the…