White Papers
Long/Short Equity Investing – Convergent White Paper

Long/short strategies continue to dominate the hedge fund landscape both in terms of number of managers as well as assets under management, according to a white paper published by Convergent Wealth Advisors.
Long/short strategies continue to dominate the hedge fund
landscape both in terms of number of managers as well as assets
under management, according to a white paper published by
Convergent Wealth Advisors. This space has broadened over
time to encompass a variety of styles and strategies designed to
mitigate market risk as well as capture pricing anomalies,
exploit market inefficiencies and/or create value through
event-oriented investments.
The white paper, penned by Scott Larson, associate portfolio
manager for directional strategies, reviews the broad spectrum of
approaches to long/short equity and highlight their main
differentiators based upon:
-Style – generally, technical trading versus fundamental stock
selection;
-Portfolio Construction – position sizing, risk controls and sell
disciplines;
-Strategy – market exposure and risk/return objective.
You can read the white paper
here.