No More Heydays for Hedge Funds

Posted by Samuel A. Kiburz on Aug 16, 2022 3:58:38 PM

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Chart shows the performance between hedge funds and the S&P 500 from 2014 - 2021.

People may ask, “Why not use hedge funds?” Today's chart comes from Bloomberg and shows us the reason why.  In addition to their typical expense ratio of 2% and 20% of gains above a benchmark, hedge funds have consistently under performed the stock market, denoted by the S&P 500 index, every year since 2014. In fact, they haven’t performed well since their heydays in the 1980s, and even less so since 2007.

Topics: Chart of the Day, Managing your Wealth