Hedge Fund Performance- Leon Cooperman Omega Advisors in first place. Up 22% YTD

Sept. 7, 2012 - PRLog -- Hedge Fund Performance- Leon Cooperman Omega Advisors in first place. Up 22% YTD.  Leon Cooperman is killing it this year!  

The billionaire hedge fund heavyweight’s Omega Advisor’s is up 22% YTD, CNBC reported on “Half Time Report” on Thursday.

Omega Advisors, which has $6.5 billion AUM, was up 4.7% in August.

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The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index provides daily published index values which seek to enable investors to track the impact of market events on the hedge fund industry. August, July and year-to-date 2012 performances are listed below and are available at hedgeindex.com.



Index   Aug-12   Jul-12   YTD 2012
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index   0.56%   1.02%   2.02%
Convertible Arbitrage    0.25%    1.29%    5.58%
Emerging Markets    -0.15%    0.59%    0.26%
Event Driven    1.04%    0.28%    2.00%
Fixed Income Arbitrage    0.57%    -0.57%    1.47%
Global Macro    0.88%    1.61%    4.74%
Long/Short Equity    1.66%    1.18%    -0.38%
Managed Futures    -2.01%    3.26%    0.84%
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