Capital Quote by Jack Reed

Hedge funds are a very efficient way of managing money. But there are clearly some risks. Hedge funds use credit and credit is a…

— George Soros

Improving oversight of hedge funds and other private funds is vital to their sustainability and to our economy's stability.

— Jack Reed

The big advantage that we have as a venture capital firm over a hedge fund or a mutual fund is we have a 13-year…

— Marc Andreessen

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

— Burton Malkiel

Hedge funds are not especially liquid. Many are 'gated' - meaning there are only small windows when you can withdraw your money. They typically…

— Barry Ritholtz

The risks facing hedge funds are non-linear and more complex than those facing traditional asset classessuch risks are currently not widely appreciated or well-understood

— Andrew Lo

Hedge funds are other hedge funds' toughest competition. And there are just more of them, and it's tougher and tougher all along.

— Julian Robertson

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

It is intellectually dishonest to lump venture investors with hedge fund and buy-out investors.

— Jose Ferreira

I don't think that hedge funds are bad per se. I think they're just one more financial tool. And in that sense, they're useful.

— Barack Obama

So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. They are momentum investors purchasing highly illiquid…

— Fred Wilson

It is not my belief that we need greater government regulation of hedge funds with respect to the systemic risk they create.

— Kenneth C. Griffin