West Loop Financial LLCWhy Alt Funds Underperform – West Loop Financial LLC https://www.westloopfinancial.com Evolutionize Site Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:50:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.22 Why Alt Funds Underperform https://www.westloopfinancial.com/2016/05/23/why-alt-funds-underperform/ https://www.westloopfinancial.com/2016/05/23/why-alt-funds-underperform/#respond Mon, 23 May 2016 09:00:09 +0000 http://evolvemypractice.com/?p=2797 The financial crisis of 2008, when all risky asset classes suffered dramatic losses, led many investors to seek out “alternative” investments that claimed to provide downside protection, or positive returns independent of the market environment. This resulted in the introduction of a new segment of mutual funds that operate at the intersection of traditional mutual...

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These funds are frequently referred to as “liquid absolute return funds”—although they are marketed under many different names, such as total-return funds, go­anywhere funds or benchmark-free funds.

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