Assets Quote by Douglas Rushkoff

One of the problems with hedge funds is that they are changing so rapidly. If you have the balance sheet that closed business last…

— Alan Greenspan

The hedge fund known as "Long Term Capital Management" collapsed last fall through overconfidence in its highly leveraged methods, despite I.Q.'s of its principals…

— Charlie Munger

“Hedge funds have made massive leveraged credit bets, knowing that their upside is billions in fees and their downside is millions in fees.”

— Janet M. Tavakoli

Almost every financial blow up is because of leverage,

— Seth Klarman

Hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds have played an important role in providing liquidity to our financial system and improving the efficiency…

— Jack Reed

We conclude that hedge funds are far riskier and provide much lower returns than commonly supposed.

— Burton Malkiel

Hedge funds try to produce above-average investment returns using tactics ranging from traditional stock-picking to complex derivative and arbitrage plays. High minimum investments, redemption…

— Alex Berenson

Despite all the media coverage, glitz and glam of hedge funds, they have not done well for their investors. They have high - some…

— Barry Ritholtz

The single biggest reason companies fail is they overinvest in what is, as opposed to what might be.

— Gary Hamel

I don't see any magic in hedge funds.

— John C. Bogle

You have hedge funds and people like that buying these assets to yield 15 or 20 percent, I mean, that's the buyer for these…

— Warren Buffett

In 2008, people who invested in hedge funds needed capital badly, but many of the funds would not return their money. However, I gave…

— Carl Icahn