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Hedge funds are on their way to become the next big thing in investment management. New funds start every day, hedge fund marketing is intensifying and many institutional investors are showing interest. However, hedge fund investing is not without complications. It is therefore important for investors to understand what hedge funds are and especially what they are not. This article gives some background information and provides some critical comments in the process.

Equity markets have gone through remarkable change since stocks were invented hundreds of years ago. Since 1940, mutual funds gave investors a practical way to diversify their holdings and achieve professional asset management. With the advent of modern portfolio theory, index funds emphasized risk management and lowered investment management and transaction costs. And along the way, financial derivatives came to the foreground, giving investors flexibility in achieving their equity exposure.

Technische analyse, het voorspellen van aandelenkoersen op basis van historische koerspatronen, is al sinds jaar en dag het onderwerp van discussie tussen de academische wereld en de financiële praktijk. Analisten gebruiken al meer dan een eeuw koersgrafieken om informatie over vraag- en aanbodverschuivingen in de markt af te leiden.