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Goodman and jeff woolbert, is closing after three years of losses. The hedge fund journal is a monthly magazine focusing on the global hedge fund industry. A history of the hedge fund industry is in sebastian mallabys book, more money than god. Connecting hedge funds to the alternative investor community. The fund, which invested in fixed income, stock, commodity and.