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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

TrimTabs/BarclayHedge Survey of Hedge Fund Managers - February 2013 Survey

The topical study from the March 2013 issue of The Hedge Fund Flow Report. Gain insight into industry trends and hedge fund asset flows before you make your next important decision.

Hedge Fund managers remain optimistic about the S&P 500 Index’s prospects, judging from responses to the TrimTabs/Barclay Hedge February Hedge Fund Sentiment Survey, which found that 37.4% of the managers were bullish for March compared to 34.8% who were bearish. Note that managers’ bullish sentiment has fallen close to 11 percentage points from January and bearish sentiment has risen over 13 points. Managers have been marginally bullish for three consecutive months dating to December of last year.
Hedge fund managers’ bullishness on the US Dollar Index jumped to a three-month high of 44.5% in February from 32.5% in January. Bearishness fell to 8.2% this month from 23.7% last month, the second-lowest reading since January 2011. . .

Accredited investors can read the entire article for free. From the March 2013 issue of The Hedge Fund Flow Report.

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