Hedge fund

Hedge fund
A fund that may employ a variety of techniques to enhance returns, such as both buying and shorting stocks based on a valuation model. The New York Times Financial Glossary

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   A private investment fund which typically aims to produce high returns from rapid, short-term market movements, often by taking very leveraged positions and using aggressive strategies such as short selling, swaps, derivatives, program trading and arbitrage. Usually restricted to financial institutions and wealthy individuals.

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hedge fund UK US noun [C] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET
► an investment fund that trades large amounts of shares, currencies, etc. to take advantage of both rising and falling prices, for example by shorting (= borrowing shares, etc., selling them, and buying them back at a lower price): »

Managers of the first hedge funds invented ways to make money no matter which way the stock market was moving.

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The Senate Judiciary Committee met yesterday to discuss the growing problem of hedge funds accused of wrongdoing in the marketplace.

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hedge fund investors/managers

→ See also MACRO HEDGE FUND(Cf. ↑macro hedge fund)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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