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Demystifying the Buy Side: Long/Short Investing
Wall Street Prep
Updated Feb 26, 2019While the terms “hedge fund” and “long/short” are tossed around frequently, there's little clarity on how these strategies work in practice. Led by Mike Kimpel, Wall Street Prep instructor and adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School's popular Value Investing Program, this teach-in will walk you through the most common "value investing" strategies deployed at "long/short" hedge funds. We will examine real-world case studies to answer the following: What does a long/short investing strategy aim to achieve? What are the typical types of fund strategies? What does long investing look like in practice? What does short investing look like in practice?
