Excerpt from Marketwatch,
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) – A hedge fund run by $20 billion firm Paulson & Co. has surged 410% so far this year as subprime bets paid off.
The Paulson Credit Opportunities fund, set up last year to take advantage of potential mortgage turmoil, returned 26.67% in August, leaving it up 410% in 2007, according to a person who has seen the firm’s most recent performance update. ”