In a bull market everybody makes money including shorts. In bear market it's abandon market and no money is in the market. dry market. or known as no money on the table or open interest.. no bets.. cannot short or long the 'open market'
a layman's comment who don't know nothing about the hedge fund 'business' or industry. Your net liquid worth needs to be 2 million to invest in their funds excluding the value of your home. there is less than 500 hedge funds in the entire country of any significance
Hedge Funds have nothing to do with hedging. the hedging is for the investors who use the fund to hedge their other positions. surf
These folks are gamblers ( the investors) they are often invested across dozens of funds in the hopes that a few offer huge returns. The losses are just part of their strategy. We had a guy invested with us who lost $5 million with Mado#f and really could care less. These are wealthiest folks on earth. surf
Actually the exact opposite is true. Take a look at the volume in the stock market/stock futures during "bear periods". The volume is usually double or more.
nobody cares, there are 300 million Americans, and nobody bought your stock. and only 50 guys in elite traders talking about the market. known as illiquid open market. More people talking about Kim Kardishian than the market.
Cry me a river -- she took the gamble, and loss -- she knew what she was getting into there is no crying on wall street. I hate hearing about so-called Trader prodigies and geniuses. -- Trading is not a complex complicated world that requires a high IQ.