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How do I invest my money in a hedge fund?
More specifically, how do these funds get started and is there any way to invest in them if you only have 10-100 grand to put into them? Where does one look for hedge funds if one has millions and millions of investable money?
Public Comments
- Contact an investment advisor
- OZM is one hedge fund for the average investor. Wealthy people (those with $5million investable funds) get connected with hedge funds through their financial advisors, or managers. Prepare for excessive fees and no garenteed return.
- There are two ways that I know of to invest in hedge funds without the inflated fees or the need for millions of dollars. First is Fortress Investments which is the only public hedge fund on the market. Ticker symbol is FIG Second is Sears Holdings. Eddie Lampert is the most successful hedge fund owner in the past 20yrs and he invests all of Sears cash, I believe thats 3.8billion right now. He has averaged 29% returns for the past 20years. The return is actually better so far with Sears because that is up around 700% in 3 years.
- U can all details about ALL THE SHARES of share market with these online brokers ideas http://www.investyourmoney.110mb.com
- I know several people who have started and run hedge funds over the past 28 years. Some have done quite well along with their investors. Some have blown up, taking all invested monies down in flames. Unless you know precisely what you are doing, and asking this question here probably indicates that you are a novice, I would recommend that you take a look at the SEC website information first: http://www.sec.gov/answers/hedge.htm Note the Fund of Hedge Funds information in particular. Given the amount of money you seek to invest, that's probably the best approach for you. Most really successful hedge funds are closed to investment amounts under $1 million. If you have millions to invest (at risk capital) in hedge funds, then you're in the circles (e.g., country clubs, major charity fund raisers, etc.) where the "old boy/gal network" provides the information. But let's suppose that for some strange reason, you are not in those circles. You can begin to get the referrals to successful hedge funds (many require referrals instead of simply picking up the phone and contacting them) through the major brokerage firms such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan, UBS, etc. Finally, if all you want to do is get information as to who runs the best hedge funds, search engines are your friends There are some dirty little secrets about the hedge fund business and performance numbers in general, but perhaps that should be left to another time..
- 1) Open a brokerage account and invest in Fortress (NYSE:FIG) and Blacstone (NYSE:BX) 2) Fortress started in 1988 by Wesley R. Edens (Blackrock), Robert Kauffman and Randal A. Nardone (UBS) 3) Blackstone started in 1985 by Peter G. Peterson (Secretary of Commerce) and Stephen A. Schwarzman. (George W. Bush's roomate at Yale) If you only have $100,000.00 USD then it is not wise to invest in hedge funds because the risks they take are high because all their customers are millionaires. Ask your Swiss Private Banker about Hedge Funds if you want to invest in one.
