AI profile: Balestra’s bearishness pays off in the long run

Balestra Capital’s global macro fund is up 110% year-to-date. Its market analyst, Ryan Atkinson, talks to Helen Avery about how it has played the sub-prime market fallout to its advantage.

With hedge funds reporting losses left, right and centre, and many managers admitting to have given up this year’s gains, it is refreshing to find one that is enjoying its best year yet. Global macro fund Balestra Capital Partners is up a staggering 110% year to date. “It’s nice to be right,” says Ryan Atkinson, market analyst at Balestra Capital. “Of course, we’d like to be right in a more timely fashion but that isn’t always possible.”

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