Despite a tumultuous political and economic news start to 2019, hedge funds are having a better year than they’ve had in a while.  Additional shifts in the gold, oil and global markets have also produced unprecedented change like Germany’s yield curve turning negative for the first time in history. Taking all of this data into account, a recent report from the Wells Fargo Investment Institute has information on strategies for qualified investors to mitigate risk and complement their long-only equity and fixed income holdings.  Read the full report here.  

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