Discover how quantitative analysis can illuminate hedge fund performance, offering insights into risk metrics and benchmarks for smarter investing decisions.

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

The S&P 500 index hit new highs last month, gaining 1.4% in January.

The last five years has seen interest rates rise materially and this has created more dispersion across asset class returns, much to the benefit of hedge funds looking to generate alpha ...

Last spring, Coatue Management, a $25 billion hedge-fund giant, did something unusual: It made an appearance. The secretive, tech-focused investment manager has had a stellar track record under ...

Hedge fund allocators can't get enough of quant and macro trading. Quants accounted for more than 70% of the industry's net inflows last year.

The rise of so-called quantitative funds—mutual funds run by algorithms and computer models—has led investors to ask: Are machines better than humans at delivering consistently good investment returns ...

The PGIM Quant Solutions Mid-Cap Value Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Russell Mid Cap Value Index, on a gross basis, in the second quarter of 2025. Growth stocks resumed their outperformance ...

Both Quant ELSS and Parag Parikh ELSS save tax, but they behave very differently once money is locked in. Returns, risk and ...

New research shows mutual funds using machine learning strategies generate significant outperformance over traditional funds ...

NEW YORK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Quantitative trading strategies turned in a good performance on Friday, potentially reversing up to 70 percent of the decline from the previous four days last week, said ...

Growth was the top-performing factor in our model during Q2, while value lagged. Quality factor performance was mixed based on market cap space. April was a challenging month for the PGIM Quant ...