Within the funds world there are many interesting strategies used by managers to provide diversification or outperformance over the mainstream funds in the traditional asset classes.
One such concept of is that of market neutral funds. These aim to deliver returns without taking a significant long position in equities, bonds or any other asset class. This strategy has a lot of appeal since it does not generate excessive volatility and is largely uncorrelated with more conventional market funds. There are several product types that can achieve outcomes close in spirit to market neutral strategies - Tim Mortimer A related strategy to market neutral is known as absolute ret