The stock market moves in two directions... It’s a fact of life. The key to being on the winning side regardless of which way it moves—UP or DOWN—is hedge funds. That’s right, hedge funds have a history of making profits in both rising and falling markets, and therefore play an important role in the diversification of investment portfolios.

The graph shown above illustrates how a hedge fund can provide benefits to a traditional investment portfolio through diversification. Shown is a comparison between the results of a hedge fund and regular markets as they reacted to the IT bubble in 2000.

The hedge fund performed well during the upward market trend from 1995 - 2000, but the major difference is evident when the bull market ended in mid-2000. If you want the opportunity to hedge your portfolio, the place to be is alternative investments.

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