Reply #44: Hedge fund popularity growing at a quick clip [View All]

[54anickel]

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/business/article/0,1299,DRMN_4_3388421,00.html

They do not issue news releases. There is no hype, no hoopla, no party celebrating their arrival.

But, ever so quietly, hedge funds are sprouting across the country and in Colorado, too, as entrepreneurs try to meet a mounting demand.

Behind the rapid expansion: chastened investors searching for alternative places to park their cash.

Hedge funds, lightly regulated investment pools traditionally aimed at the super-rich and now moving to the mainstream, are hot.

The growth doesn't come without worries. As the sector swells, some players may find that drawing cash from investors, reaping huge profits and getting rich in hedge fund land are not so easy.

Inevitably, the weaker will not survive.

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