hedge fund

[hej fuhnd]

noun

1. an investment partnership that uses high-risk, speculative methods to obtain large, short-term profits.

hedge fund

noun

1. a largely unregulated speculative fund which offers substantial returns for high-risk investments

Word History and Origins

Origin of hedge fund¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Until my mid-30s, I worked in finance, running hedge funds and optimizing business models with spreadsheets.

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As the Chancellor points out now, they are increasingly likely these days to be a foreign hedge fund than a UK pension or insurance company.

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And other professional investors including hedge funds, anticipating this, joined in either to profit from the move or at least to avoid losses as the target-date funds caused bond prices to tumble.

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Fed officials and investors pay attention to the repo market in part because banks, hedge funds and other institutions use it to support positions in the Treasury market.

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The difference between Carlson and the hedge funds, ETF traders and shoppers snapping up gold now is that he has a huge megaphone to highlight the themes fueling its rise.

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