As of this morning, a total of 985 of approximately 2,500 hedge funds have reported data for July, 2009; so it's now time to update our data and
forecasts for the dynamic trading risk
factor. This gives us an early estimate of a number that is
not much likely to change during the rest of the month.
Out-of-sample, our final forecast of
the return for July, 2009, was 0.65% (our early forecast
was 0.75%), and the realization was a substantial 3.87%. Hedge funds have done well, and we expect this to continue, so
we are forcasting a 1.97% final return for July, 2009. These forecasts represent an a priori
expected monthly return for any fund or firm that makes it's living by trading.