The ABCs of hedge funds: Alphas, betas, and costs

Roger G. Ibbotson; Peng Chen; Kevin X. Zhu

doi:10.2469/faj.v67.n1.6

The ABCs of hedge funds: Alphas, betas, and costs

Roger G. Ibbotson
, Peng Chen
, Kevin X. Zhu

Yale University
Zebra Capital
Morningstar Global Investment Management
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Abstract

The authors decomposed their estimated pre-fee 1995-2009 hedge fund return of 11.13 percent into fees (3.43 percent), an alpha (3.00 percent), and a beta (4.70 percent). The year-by-year results show that alphas were positive during every year of the past decade, even during the recent financial crisis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-25
Number of pages	11
Journal	Financial Analysts Journal
Volume	67
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2469/faj.v67.n1.6
Publication status	Published - Jan 2011
Externally published	Yes

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