Hedge fund managers struggled to generate alpha, or gains above market indices.
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Over the long run by definition and observation most alpha-seeking investors cannot beat the market averages.
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Alpha is what they call the above-market gains you can get by selecting the right stocks.
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Active management claims to deliver additional benefits (the ever allusive alpha) through either individual security selection or market timing.
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Global Alpha's troubles seem to be in currency and market-neutral bets on stocks and bonds.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner added some level of confidence to the market Wednesday during an interview with Jim Cramer at the Delivering Alpha conference in New York, where he said there is no chance that the institutions of Europe will let the euro fail.
Alpha's also one of the largest suppliers to the domestic market.
Modern investors are much more sophisticated in the way they think about risk, in particular separating the returns available from market movements (beta in the jargon) and managerial skill (alpha).
Alpha and Tandem's Himalaya servers are technically unmatched, but the market for such specialised high-end machines is small.
The campaign, which includes rebranding Digital Unix and launching new Alpha-based server products, is Compaq's latest effort to grow Unix market share.
Another, Pure Alpha, which has the standard two-and-twenty charges, aims at beating the market return but also at limiting risk.
"It is clear that global economic activity is slowing, and this is impacting the PC market, " chief executive Rory Read said, according to a transcript published by financial site Seeking Alpha.
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