>12 mos, and yes.
Also: ".....His credit fund, which shot to fame in 2007 with a sub-prime mortgage shorting strategy that returned 590 percent at the time, is up about 12 percent.
Those double-digit returns make Paulson, a onetime mergers-and-acquisitions banker at Bear Stearns, one of relatively few hedge-fund managers to keep pace with the torrid stock market at a time when the Standard & Poor's index is flirting with new tops for the year and the average hedge fund is struggling to maintain percentage gains in the low single digits. Other exceptions to the rule include Dan Loeb's Third Point Partners, whose offshore fund is up about 13 percent through June, and Larry Robbins, whose Glenview Capital Management is up more than 28 percent.
Robbins and Paulson will both be featured speakers Wednesday at the Delivering Alpha conference, co-sponsored by CNBC and Institutional Investor."
By CNBC's Kate Kelly. Follow her on Twitter @KateKellyCNBC.
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