Hedge Funds Trail 2019 Rally Despite Decade’s Best Stock Picking

  • Reluctance to embrace gains backfires amid S&P 500 surge
  • Morgan Stanley says positions aren’t yet overextended
Ilana Weinstein Sees 'Make-or-Break' Year Ahead for Many Hedge Funds
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Hedge-fund managers showed their best stock-picking skills of the decade in 2019. But it still wasn’t enough to turn around a lackluster performance.