Alternative investment vehicles, such as hedge funds, offer potentially high returns for investors willing to stomach the corresponding high-risks and opportunity costs. Additionally, depending on the fund’s methodology, some funds purport to offer limited market exposure in conjunction with their high return potential: they act as true "alternative" investments to the market. The objective of this paper is to analyze hedge funds to determine in what respects they are exposed to the market and systematic risk factors.

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Creator

• Mcginn, John

Subject

• Sustainability
• Security
• Industry
• Computing

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-031317-113431

Keyword

• Financial services industry

Advisor

• Koutmos, Dimitrios

Year

• 2017

Date created

• 2017-03-13

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright