Hedge funds outperformed equities in January

17 Feb 2010
Hedge funds as measured by the Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index fell slightly during the month of January to begin the year. The GGHFI returned -1.04% compared to global equity returns in the S&P 500 Total Return -3.60%, MSCI World Equity -4.19%, and FTSE 100 -4.14% equity indices. 45% of constituent funds in the GGHFI ended the month with gains.