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Sowood Hedge Funds Lose Over 50%

 
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:33 pm    Post subject: Sowood Hedge Funds Lose Over 50% Reply with quote
The founder, Jeff Larson, used to work at the Harvard Endowment Fund, and had been there for 12 1/2 years before leaving to form Sowood:

http://www.thecrimson.com/printerfriendly.aspx?ref=358363

The story:

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/sowood-hedge-funds-lose-more/story.aspx?guid=%7B4CE7DD80%2D5353%2D4CE3%2D8CEB%2D69434D00A30A%7D&dist=RNPullDown
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
NY Times article on Sowood:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/business/31hedge.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin

Hedge funds shorting stocks to hedge their junk bond or credit positions could be responsible for some of the rise in short interest over the last few months.
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