Not sure if you are legit or a troll. The post kinda smells like you are fishing for a reaction.
Just on the outside chance you are a naive fool being taken for your savings...
IMHO - Hedge funds in your financial situation... Run. Look into a conventional investment strategy with a low cost mutual fund company like VG. If you do not know anything about investing... Pick one of their all-in-one funds or a couple that seem to fit your risk tolerance.
I am not a troll, just found this site.
I completely disagree with you and your investing experience seems to be lacking at best. I spend several hours a week reading on investing and have learned through years of experience that there is professionals that are much better than myself or the common person who thinks they know something on these message boards.
Did you know there has been more investors money lost
in the common mutual fund business than hedge funds by a long way ( $100 to 1. For every good mutual fund there is many poor performance ones and few mutual funds out perform their bench mark. So why don't we all just buy the indexs and go on auto pilot. Yes that is right lets all keep our money fully invested (which most mutual funds have to) during bad times.
I cannot believe people on a early retirement board does not have more knowledge than what I am seeing so far.
Oh I know lets all travel to cheap foreign countries, take some pics and tell stories of how cheap we can live in timbuktoo and where is the next frontier.
I want my managers to be as good in bad markets as
good markets and minimize risk with options, shorts
and other tools available in todays markets.
You are not showing yourself to be a very competent
investor and wouldn't know if anyone else was either.
Best you just buy Berkshire (BRK-B). Thinking that anything other than what granny would do be naive and a fool is just showing your ignorance
Look at Capitalistpig fund that I posted returns 2000 thru 2002. The fund opened in Aug of 2000.
I also like to get monthly performance reports.
Maybe hedge funds are not for all but if you are the average person that wants to retire quite a bit before
social security ( which I may not see) better wise up
I would suggest.
Good Luck either way.
A loss takes twice as much to make up for it.