AlphaClone is probably the best research platform out there for investors looking to recreate, or “clone”, portfolios developed by leading hedge fund and mutual fund managers.
AlphaClone is Mebane Faber’s online foray that implements much of the research he recently published in The Ivy Portfolio: How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid Bear Markets
AlphaClone has now taken its platform one-step further and partnered with Folio Investing to make it even easier for investors to implement the piggyback approach by allowing:
investors to buy an entire portfolio of securities at once with one transaction, and have any dollar amount automatically distributed at the proper percentage weights across all of the stocks in the portfolio.
You can see the Folios for portfolios like the Tiger Cubs and Berkshire Hathaway here.
AlphaClone also launched a clone for a portfolio designed by the popular investment blog, MarketFolly as well.
According to AlphaClone:
Marketfolly’s prefered clone from its new group is the Top 3 Holdings clone which is up 15% year-to-date and has returned 20% annualized since 2000 (yes 20%).(5/29/09).
Not too shabby. AlphaClone is moving further into this space and will be launching more clone groups developed by stock bloggers. This is another important way to bring transparency to the financial blogosphere and bring quantification to some of the leading voices out there.
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great post, can’t speak enough for how awesome alphaclone is for cloning hedge fund portfolios. The options are practically endless and everything is backtested right there for you.
The integration with Folio should allow retail investors to place their money down alongside some of the top hedge funds out there.
Would definitely encourage you to create your own clone and submit it to them for their blogger groups.
– Jay (market folly)