There was an interesting article posted over the weekend by the Business Times Online this week entitled “Hedge Fund Managers, Lords of Lucre.” The article discusses the general public’s view of hedge funds and how they make money. The journalist who wrote the article uses several extreme examples while depicting the hedge fund industry, this is part of why I write in this blog. There are a lot of aspects about the hedge fund industry that would be hard or nearly impossible to learn by reading mainstream media sources on the subject. To help answer the question about who hedge fund managers are here is a list of what is NOT true.

1. Most hedge fund managers are billionaires
2. It is very hard to get any job within the hedge fund industry
3. Hedge Funds aren’t performing as well as mutual funds or stock market indicies
4. The hedge fund industry in general is struggling and investors are most investors are taking their money out of these types of investments
5. Hedge Funds are risky investment vehicles

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by Richard Wilson, hedge fund consultant and writer