So You Want to Start a Hedge Fund? Lessons from 120 early stage hedge fund investments,..

dealmaker · May 25, 2016

dealmaker · May 25, 2016

Chronic difficulty and failure raising assets: Why 89% of all hedge funds never get over $100m

jonny1lot · May 25, 2016

Genius is 1% inspiration, 9% perspiration, and 90% marketing.

lawrence-lugar · May 26, 2016

jonny1lot said:
Genius is 1% inspiration, 9% perspiration, and 90% marketing.

1990, Great year -- all of the 90's felt Awesome

dealmaker · May 27, 2016

Trader - The Documentary - The New Hedge Funds

startup/ new hedge funds trying to raise capital is the theme

ironchef · May 28, 2016

dealmaker said:
Chronic difficulty and failure raising assets: Why 89% of all hedge funds never get over $100m

I don't understand why they have to raise so much money. Hedge funds routinely claimed 25%-30% investment returns. A $100M hedge fund, even with a 2/20 structure, will grow to over $1B in less than 13 years, assumed a 30% return. Without the 2/20 structure, if they invest their own money, fund managers will be billionaires within 10 years. So, my conclusion is if they are any good, they don't need my money to get rich.

curiousGeorge8 · May 28, 2016

Johnson's of Johnson & Company LinkedIn site

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-johnson-615a1865

How many HF did he help to pass the 200 million threshold? I didn't find the number.

banco · May 29, 2016

ironchef said:
I don't understand why they have to raise so much money. Hedge funds routinely claimed 25%-30% investment returns. A $100M hedge fund, even with a 2/20 structure, will grow to over $1B in less than 13 years, assumed a 30% return. Without the 2/20 structure, if they invest their own money, fund managers will be billionaires within 10 years. So, my conclusion is if they are any good, they don't need my money to get rich.

How many have 25%-30% annual returns?

piezoe · May 29, 2016

banco said:
How many have 25%-30% annual returns?

In the history of hedge funds only one has achieved 30% average return over the long haul.

newwurldmn · May 29, 2016

piezoe said:
In the history of hedge funds only one has achieved 30% average return over the long haul.

A lot of funds have (most of the large "vintage" funds). But the returns are biased to a long time ago when they were small and there were few participants running hedge fund strategies.