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2023 Fourth Quarter Review & Commentary

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The equity market also noted the Fed’s comments as investors piled back into equities and the S&P 500 finished the year up more than 26%. What’s intriguing about the chart in Figure 2 is how differently equities, as measured by the S&P 500, performed under each period, returning a modest 5.7%

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Multi-Manager Hedge Funds: A Meritocratic Paradise or a Revolving Door of Burnout?

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Beta-Neutral Portfolios: For example, if the S&P 500 goes up or down by 5%, your team’s portfolio should move by ~0%. It’s 100% possible to do asset management internships (or hedge fund internships ), take the CFA , and recruit for one of these large funds – assuming it’s open to undergrads. What About Compensation?

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2023 Second Quarter Review & Commentary

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The stark differences in index performance, specifically the effects of mega-cap technology listings and their disproportionately large weights in the S&P 500, are also worth highlighting. Some of this weightiness can be seen in the performance disparity to date between the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

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2023 Third Quarter Review & Commentary

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Equities and the S&P 500 At the onset of each new year, like clockwork, we’re asked for our near-term view. benchmark equity index, the S&P 500. Consequently, by the end of July 2023, the S&P was up more than 20% for the year. This year was no different.

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