hedge fund
noun
an investment partnership that uses high-risk, speculative methods to obtain large, short-term profits.
hedge funds
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pluralof hedge fund.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, the violence of this week’s rally in Treasurys could be due in part to hedge funds and other investors’ betting against bonds — something that had become a hot trade as of late.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Other investments, including in biotech funds and multistrategy hedge funds, also paid off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Meanwhile, it reports that hedge funds and banks have "hit out" at "Burnham's bid to ban non-compete clauses in work contracts".
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Adding to the volatility, hedge funds had piled into US government bonds like never before, holding 7 percent of all those in circulation at the end of 2025, though that share has since fallen.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Later that very day, investors in the collapsed Bear Stearns hedge funds were informed that their $1.6 billion in triple-A-rated subprime-backed CDOs had not merely lost some value, they were worthless.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
