Team Favorite At the Money: Are Hedge Funds Are Right For You?

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Business, Investing

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🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Hedge funds have never been more (or less hedged). The alternative asset class has become a huge destination for institutional and family office capital. But are the high costs and performance risks appropriate for you? Ted Seides is founder and CIO of Capital Allocators, and learned about alts working under the legendary David Swensen at the Yale University Investments Office. He wrote the book, “Private Equity Deals: Lessons in investing, deal-making and operations."

Each week, “At the Money” discusses an important topic in money management. From portfolio construction to taxes and cutting down on fees, join Barry Ritholtz to learn the best ways to put your money to work.

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0:58.0	Thinking about putting some money into hedge funds, you know all the rock star names who produce eye-popping returns. Chasing that performance has led the hedge fund space to swell to over $5 trillion in assets,
1:05.0	with forecasts topping 13 trillion globally by 2032.
1:10.0	But not all hedge funds are created equally. Investors should
1:14.4	ask themselves, is this the right investment vehicle for me? I'm Barry Ritholtz, and on today's
1:19.7	edition of At the Money, we're going to discuss how you should think about investing your money
1:24.4	in hedge funds. To help us unpack all of this and what it means for your
1:28.4	portfolio, let's bring in Ted Cydies. Ted began his career under the legendary David Swenson
1:34.3	at the Yale University Investments Office. Today, he's founder and CIO of capital allocators
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