hedge fund
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hedge funds
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of hedge fund
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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“It runs sort of like a hedge fund would,” Edsman said of his agentic trading portfolio, which is kept in a separate account from his other investments at Robinhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The negative-beta stocks worked particularly well during the volatile phase when the Iran war was first launched, as well as at the time of the blowup of the hedge fund Situational Awareness in July.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Then last month, just two days before his wedding, Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund unraveled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
He quickly turned that interest into money for a hedge fund that eventually managed $45 billion in assets, backed by investors who believed in his prophecy—or his ability to profit from it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
A few months before I quit, my bosses asked me to explain to our CEO what at the time seemed like exotic trades in derivatives I’d done with a European hedge fund, and I’d tried.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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