Tuesday, October 20, 2009

From Albourne Village/Guardian: Are women better at hedge funds?

Nice!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/19/women-hedge-funds


Are women better at hedge funds?
 
posted by holdenr on Tuesday 20 Oct 2009 07:20 BST
From The Guardian - see full story
The Guardian reports: Hedge funds run by women fall half as much during financial crisis as those managed by men, research shows Female 'hedgies' remain a minority, but have delivered higher annual returns than their male counterparts in the recession

Hedge funds run by women have fallen only half as much during the financial crisis as those managed by men, research shows. The value of female-managed funds dropped by 9.6% in the past year, compared with a plunge of 19% for the rest, according to Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research. Women investment managers also performed better in general over the past decade, with an average annual return of just over 9%, while hedge funds overall delivered 5.82%.
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2 comments:

  1. Women are better at most things because they are less emotional in personal matters.
    Nice blog, I wish you well.

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