Hedge Funds - Good or not?

Hello,

Well, I have just had my parents staying with me, so I've had a lot of my time taken up doing touristy things, and so have no been as active as I might be with my learnings.

I just started reading about hedge funds. They seem an interested product, in that they make money regardless of market direction. The idea of a hedge fund is to reduce risk. We all want to reduce risk don't we? I like the idea of that, but still being able to make money.

The one major downside to a hedge fund is that historically they've had high fees. It seems that if we could get into a situation where we could have a hedge fund with all it's benefits, but lower the fees involved, we might have a winning formula?

So that got me thinking, could I find out about a hedge fund, and how it works, then emulate it for myself, and thus achieve that above.

It seems that hedge funds work on the basic idea that you have short and long stocks, and further to that, you also have option call and put too, and in so doing, you hedge the risk.

It seems then that a hedge fund could be good. I will read on further and detail my findings in future posts.

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Hi,

Well, I'm wondering how many of my readers are interested in what I write, so I thought that I'd take the direct approach, and ask what you all would like to see.

Am I on the right track, or is there something you'd prefer to see, or me using a different style, or whatever?

Whilst this is a personal journey, it would also be nice for other people to be able to benefit from my learnings.

I look forward to hearing your comments,

Martin.

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WARNING: Advice Disclaimer - This is not advice.

Hi,

Before I get too far into these blogs, I do not have any stock market education, or training at all.  The information contained on this blog is merely my observations, the results of my research, and my opinions.

If you do use this information as a basis for any investment, make sure that you properly research this information either personally or through a qualified accountant who can give you better advice than I'm likely to be able to.

On the other hand, you might well find information here that your accountant or advisor would not tell you, and if that leads to your researching, and finding some potentially profitable and new areas in which to invest, then that makes me happy.

I really hope that this information helps people in general to make the right decisions, being fully informed of their choices.  That is my reason for starting this blog, it is as much a journey for me, as it will be for you, the reader or the blog.

I'm really sorry, I wish I did have the qualifications and experience to give you proper advice, but in time, who knows, maybe I will.  Until then it is just the journey and the information that I find out along the way.

Thanks,

Martin Platt.