Sandler: Eminence was founded on a 120% long and 80% short model
Ricky Sandler · Ricky Sandler - Evolution of Long-Short Equity Investing (EP.414) · Oct 28, 2024 · at 15:23
Ricky Sandler, founder and CIO of Eminence Capital, describes the portfolio architecture he targeted when launching the hedge fund.
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“As an investor, I wanted to build what I thought was a classic Jones model hedge fund approach. True long short, more moderate long short ratio, spending significant amounts of time on alpha generating single stock shorts. That model of a 120 long by 80 short with the same long strategy that I had pursued with Wayne at Fusion, but with more time and more sophisticated approach to short selling.”
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