Global macro hedge funds try to benefit from the big market movements triggered by political or economic events. For example, if a fund manager believes that a country could slide into recession, it may short sell stocks and futures contracts. Holdings of such a fund include long and short positions in equity, futures, commodities, fixed income and currency. Such funds develop their portfolio around projections of big events that may impact a country, continent or all continents. Now that you know what global macro hedge funds are, let’s take a look at the biggest global macro hedge funds in t…