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State has a higher allocation of its pension funds invested in hence funds. also, governor chris christie happens to be a favorite of hedge fund managers who have donated heavily to his campaign. this got lee fung thinking. why is it a red flag at all, why isn't it awesome that new jersey has tons of money in hedge funds? >> i think there's academic research on the right and left that shows that pension funds that invest in more conservative strategies, index funds, equi equities, just s&p 500 perform better than with hedge funds and hedge funds and other alternative investments have huge fees...

Now, may be looking at a 30% gain and say, okay, i've got to to be in on this gain, i've got to be part of the economy where people are making money. >> you have to be realistic. it's just not going to happen. if you believe in investing for the long term, you have to start putting money in stocks. the problem is people look at main street and they see the headlines and they see the negative news out there. if you looked, you'd think the market was down, not up. invest. >> it's hard to feel good about stocks if you don't feel good about jobs. obviously you have different perspectives. for our ...