hedge fund

American  

[hej fuhnd] / ˈhɛdʒ ˌfʌnd /

noun

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

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hedge fund British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of hedge fund

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

After that, he served as CEO of Hudson Ridge Asset Management, a natural gas hedge fund, until it closed in 2018.

From Barron's

BlackRock also leans on private markets and hedge funds, saying: “We suggest looking for a ‘plan B’ portfolio hedge as long-dated U.S.

From MarketWatch

Most encouragingly for the asset class, was that last year also brought about the first net inflows for hedge funds in a long while.

From MarketWatch

“There was a lot of profit-taking in December” by hedge funds and other bigger investors, says Kathleen Kelley, founder and chief investment officer of Queen Anne’s Gate Capital, which advises funds and others on commodities.

From The Wall Street Journal

While hedge funds and advanced meteorologists develop their own weather models to predict temperature and accumulation, many prediction-market traders lean on public data issued by the National Weather Service and interpretations from local forecasters.

From Barron's

Related Words

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