MPI Research Corner

North America Equity USD denominated funds’ performances range from -54.91% to 13.04% over the last 52 weeks (ending December 2, 2011), in USD terms. On average, the best 5% of the funds outperform the market (pegged to the S&P 500 Index) by approximately 5.13% and the worst 5% underperform by approximately 15.73%. We last analyzed [...]

Equity Emerging Markets Global funds’ performances range from -43.56% to 7.49% over the last 52 weeks (ending October 28, 2011), in EUR terms. On average, the best 5% of the funds outperform the market (pegged to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index) by approximately 7.95% and the worst 5% underperform by approximately 14.04%. We last analyzed [...]

by Daniel Li and Alexandre Dussaucy By the end of September, John Paulson’s two flagship funds, the Paulson Advantage and the leveraged Advantage Plus fund, have lost 32% and 45%, respectively, for the year. As these losses loom large, many analyses and commentaries are trying to explain what went wrong. These reports, such as the [...]

Equity Europe funds’ performances range from -29.7% to 10.84% over the last 52 weeks (ending September 30, 2011), in EUR terms. On average, the best 5% of the funds outperform the market (pegged to the MSCI Europe Index) by approximately 9.67% and the worst 5% underperform by approximately 11.3%. We last analyzed this asset class [...]

Bond Global funds’ performances range from -8.83% to 42.73% over the last 52 weeks (ending July 29, 2011), in EUR terms. On average, the best 5% of the funds outperform the market (pegged to the Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Bond Total Return Index) by approximately 11.60% and the worst 5% underperform by approximately 3.88%. The [...]