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While gold prices have had a tough time lately, they continue to dramatically outperform the gold equities. The stocks have been in a dreadful tailspin since July, and are showing almost no signs of life.
Part of this is nothing new — the equities have almost always underperformed the gold price in recent years. But as [...]

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–”OK Computer”: It’s the name of a notable 1997 Radiohead
album, and would also be an apt title for quantitative hedge funds’ performance
since their near-collapse last August.
While quants are outperforming the overall stock market year to date, their
returns are in the red. Still, compared to early last August, when margin calls
forced many big-name [...]