Visual Guide to Hedge Funds

CHAPTER 6 Global Macro Strategy

Global macro hedge funds take a macroeconomic approach to investing and employ multiple trading strategies to invest in a variety of securities and financial instruments. Global macro portfolio managers are also unique in their broad research and analysis, incorporating both fundamental and technical analysis to inform investing decisions and strategies. A global macro fund typically applies an investing focus that allows the fund to invest opportunistically around the globe in a number of different investments including foreign currencies, commodities, stocks, bonds, indexes, and derivatives. Global macro fund managers generally have a wide range of experience that allows the fund manager to confidently trade ...