Paulson & Co Hedge Funds

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Paulson & Co Hedge Funds Made Gains in October 2010

John Paulson's hedge fund has had impressive performance in the past and is among the largest hedge fund firms in the world. His firm, Paulson & Co., managed to make gains with its hedge funds. In October, Paulson Advantage Plus returned 2.55% as the economy seemed to be on its way to recovery.
Paulson Advantage Plus, one of the firm's largest funds, returned 2.55% last month, leaving it up 2.55% so far this year.

Paulson Advantage, which uses the same strategy without a small layer of leverage, climbed 1.72% in October, leaving it up 1.4% so far in 2010. Paulson Recovery rose about 0.5% last month, leaving it up roughly 8% so far this year.

Returns of this fund may have been restrained by a decline in shares of Bank of America (BAC), which is a big Paulson holding. Other Paulson & Co. hedge funds performed better.

Paulson Partners Enhanced, a pure merger arbitrage fund that uses a bit of leverage, returned 7.36% in October, leaving it up 16% so far in 2010. Paulson Credit Opportunities gained about 3% and is now up 12.4% this year.

Paulson's Gold hedge fund returned 3.57% in October, leaving it up 26% so far in 2010. Gold share classes of Paulson's hedge funds had bigger gains in October. Source

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