"They would rather be funding, you know, direct advocates of the causes they care about," Mr. Sassoon said.
But a lot of hedge funds, you know, these are just stress debt buyers, guys who really know that business.
Where, in hedge funds, you know, you get your set fee, but it's really about making money.
You know, was non-bank mortgage lender went by … hedge funds, you know, broker-dealers, now … [a] financing crisis for private equities.
You know, was non-bank mortgage lender went by … hedge funds, you know, broker dealers, now … financing crisis for private equities.
I still think the traditional funds, you know, as we talk to the management teams of all these places, you know, they talk about ETFs, but they don't seem to feel that it's going to really change the game in the long run.
All you have to do is look at a Russell 2000 index fund and you know that not all index funds are tax-efficient across the board.
You cannot clone a hedge fund until you know where it has been.
He favors using a money-market fund if you know you will need the money within a few months or a year, say, for a tuition payment, and using an ultrashort bond fund for a "rainy day".
