GuruFocus is glad to announce that it is expanding its coverage into the hedge fund world. These are some of the hedge funds with great long term performances.
The table below shows the hedge fund we are considering to add into our List of Hedge Fund Gurus. All of these investors have achieved great performances in their funds over the past 10 years or longer period.
| Name | Fund | Inception | Annual Return Since Inception | Max. Down Peroid Loss | Duration |
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| Israel A. Englander | Millennium Internation Ltd | 12/31/1997 | 14.99% | -7.24% | Aug. 98 - May 98 |
| Willem Kooyker | Blenheim Gl. Markets | 12/31/1986 | 21.28% | -41.20% | Nov. 98 - Aug. 97 |
| Gavin Ferris | Aspect Diversified Fund Class A | 12/16/1998 | 12.06 | -21.47 | Jan. 05 - Feb. 04 |
| A. Knoepffler | Cipher Diversified | 7/31/1998 | 12.23% | -22.38 | Nov. 02 - Oct. 01 |
Walt Weissman &
Blair Wellensiek | Digilog Overseas Fund I. | 12/31/1993 | 14.44% | -36.53% | Jan. 05 - May 03 |
| Tim Wong | Man AHL Divisified PLC | 9/30/1996 | 18.93% | -17.9 | May 02 - Oct. 01 |
| David Harding | Winton Futures Fund - Class B | 9/30/1997 | 18.82% | -25.08 | Feb. 02 - Oct. 01 |
| Daniel Loeb | Third Point | 11/30/1996 | 16% | -34.50% | Mar. 09 - Jun 08 |
| James Dinan | York Investment Ltd. | 2/28/1994 | 10.66% | -29.95% | Feb. 09 - Oct. 07 |
| Lee Ainslie | Maverick Capital | 2/28/1995 | 13.30% | -30.04% | Nov. 08 - May 08 |
| Andreas Halvorsen | Viking Global Equities III | 9/30/1999 | 22.26% | -11.93% | Mar. 02 - Sep. 01 |
| Chris Shumway | SCP Ocean Fund Ltd | 3/31/2002 | 14.30% | -13.59% | Dec. 08 - May 08 |
| John Griffin | Blue Ridge Capital | | | | |
| Chase Coleman | Tiger Global | | | | |
| Robert Karr | Joho Fund, Ltd - A | 10/31/1996 | 22.19% | -19.38% | Nov. 08 - Nov. 07 |
| Kyung Hwa Paik | Corevest Partners LTD | 12/31/1998 | 22.93% | -26.57 | Feb. 03 - Mar. 02 |
| Richard Chenevix-Trench | SR Global Fund G -Emergying Markets | 2/29/1996 | 23.03% | -37.25% | Feb. 09 - Oct. 07 |
| SR Global Fund -Asia | 12/31/1993 | 16.79% | -36.50% | Nov. 98 - Oct. 07 |
| Bruce Kovner | Gamut Investments | 6/30/1986 | 20.87% | -13.45 | Apr. 88 - Dec. 87 |
| Louis Moor Bacon | Moore Global Fixed Income | 7/31/1993 | 15.28% | -14.47 | Feb. 94 - Jan .94 |
| Moore Global Investment Fundm Ltd -A | 12/31/1989 | 20.20% | -18.45% | Feb. 95 - Jan. 94 |
| Paul Tudor Jones | Tudor B. V. I. Global Fund LTD -A- | 10/31/1986 | 22.04% | -17.07% | Jul. 92 - Apr. 92 |
| Arthur Samberg | Pequote Core Global Offshore Fund, Inc | 8/31/1992 | 17.95% | -31.03% | May 00 - Feb. 00 |
To select the investors for our list, besides long term performances, we will also pay close attention to the risk of their portfolios. Risk is measured by maximum loss during periods of underperformances. A smaller loss in underperforming years indicates lower risk.
Currently we already have a few hedge fund gurus in our
List of Gurus, including
George Soros,
Seth Klarman,
David Tepper,
John Paulson and
Richard Perry. The updated performances of some of their funds are shown here.
| Name | Fund | Inception | Annual Return Since Inception | Max. Down Peroid Loss | Duration |
|---|
| David Tepper | Palomino Fund Ltd Class B | 12/31/1994 | 22.36% | -49.05% | Sep. 98 - Feb. 98 |
| Richard Perry | Perry Partners International Inc. Class A | 9/30/1993 | 11.45% | -25.65 | Nov. 08 - Oct. 07 |
| John Paulson | Paulson Advantage | 3/31/2004 | 27.8 | -2.12% | Jul 04 - Mar 04 |
| Paulson Advantage Plus | 12/31/2004 | 43.60% | -3.37% | Nov. 05 - Sep. 05 |
| Paulson International | 4/30/1996 | 15.21% | -13.57% | Sep. 98 - Jun 98 |
| Paulson Enhanced | 4/30/2001 | 26.59% | -10.13% | Jul 02 - Apr. 01 |
| Paulson Credit Opportunity Fund | 6/30/2006 | 134.73% | -10.41% | May 07 - Feb. 07 |
There are also other great long term hedge fund managers such as Jim Simmons and Steve Cohen. These investors usually own more than 2000 stocks in their funds and have higher turnovers. Because of this, they are not tracked in our Hedge Fund List of Gurus. If you think they should be tracked, please tell us why. If you have any other gurus to add to our list, please let us know. Any long term performance data will help.
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