Are all hedge funds highly aggressive?
No again. In fact a true hedge fund is, in theory, less speculative than a long-only “traditional fund”. Of course there are some real bat-swinging, aggressive hedge funds, but there are also many others that explicitly and methodically pursue consistency of returns and/or preservation of capital. Of course this is not sensationalist or sexy, so this aspect of hedge fund finance seldom sees the light of day within the media.
