Using data on the monthly returns of hedge funds during the period 1990:01 through 1998:08, we estimate six-factor Jensen alphas for individual hedge funds employing eight different investment styles. We find that about 25 percent of hedge funds earn positive excess returns, and that the...

This study examines the performance of sixteen different hedge fund and commodity fund investment styles during rising and falling stock prices over the period 1990:01 through 1998:08. Since a primary motivation for investing in hedge funds and commodity funds is to diversify against falling...