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by Galanwe 1486 days ago
> the hedge fund industry's goal is not necessarily to beat the market, it is to provide the highest level of return per unit of risk.

So basically you are saying a hedge fund is just optimizing for sharpe.

That is not true. Sharpe is just one way to compare performance at the same level of vol. It's a useful metric but very limited. It tell you nothing about exposure, risk and distribution.

I discussed how hedge funds position themselves here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30826702

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