his paper examines the monthly interrelation of option volume and price return for actively traded Frankfurt Stock Exchange stocks and their European Derivatives Exchange traded options during the trading period of May to August 2002. The purpose is to investigate whether microfinance...

This article aims at testing empirically the major building blocks that affect the performance and risk adjusted measures of funds of funds hedge funds: incentive fees, management fees, size, age, hurdle rate, high watermark provision and lockup period. Funds of hedge funds invest solely in...

This article is a cross comparison of the different performance ratios between different types of hedge funds. The funds under study are long/short funds, market-neutral funds and event – driven funds. We use a sample free of survivorship bias and measure performance using risk adjusted...

This article aims at testing empirically the performance persistence of funds of funds hedge funds. Funds of hedge funds invest solely in other hedge funds. The hedge fund manager selects funds based on a specific investment strategy or a combination of different investment strategies to achieve...

This article aims at testing empirically the performance persistence of global macro hedge funds. Global macro hedge fund manager focus to generate positive returns based on currency futures and options. He focused on fixed – income securities derivatives products or stock indices futures and...

This article aims at testing empirically the performance persistence of emerging market hedge funds. Emerging market hedge funds invests primarily in countries that have a closed market economy and are in the process of developing and expanding its infrastructure such as Brazil, India, Latin...

In this article, we measure the alpha and beta of high volatility commodity futures contracts of hedge funds. The futures contracts under study are gold, silver, zinc, palladium and platinum. Combining managed futures with shares and bonds provide better returns with lower risk or mean variance...

In this article, we are going to explain the benefits of economic growth, employment, poverty reduction, and development. Each society in a poor or rich country in order to maximize its spiritual and welfare has to follow spiritual laws integrated with the Economic theories. A well successful...

In this article, we measure and compare the risk adjusted performance, the correlation and the covariance of global macro funds and funds of funds. Specifically, Global macro hedge fund manager focus to generate positive returns based on currency futures and options. He/she focused on fixed –...