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hedge funds, plural;
  1. A limited partnership of investors that uses high risk methods, such as investing with borrowed money, in hopes of realizing large capital gains

  1. (hedge fund) a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million); can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging
  2. A hedge fund is an investment fund open to a limited range of investors that undertakes a wider range of investment and trading activities than traditional long-only investment funds, and that, in general, pays a performance fee to its investment manager. ...
  3. (Hedge Fund) A private fund, which usually solicits investments from wealthy individuals. It is unregulated as it's assumed that the investors are knowledgeable and realise the speculative nature of the fund. ...
  4. (Hedge Fund) A fund, usually used by wealthy individuals and institutions, which is allowed to use aggressive strategies that are unavailable to mutual funds, including selling short, leverage, program trading, swaps, arbitrage, and derivatives. ...
  5. (Hedge fund) A type of investment fund in which the manager is authorised to use a number of higher risk investment techniques such as derivatives and leverage/borrowing to generate a higher return.
  6. (HEDGE FUND) An aggressively managed portfolio of investments that uses advanced investment strategies such as leverage, long, short and derivative positions in both domestic and international markets with the goal of generating high returns. ...
  7. (Hedge fund) A private, unregulated investment fund for wealthy investors (minimum investments typically begin at US$1 million) specializing in high risk, short-term speculation on bonds, currencies, stock options and derivatives.
  8. (Hedge fund) A fund that may employ a variety of techniques to enhance returns, such as both buying and shorting stocks according to a valuation model.
  9. (Hedge fund) A very specialized, volatile, open-end investment company that permits the manager to use a variety of investment techniques usually prohibited in other types of funds. These techniques include borrowing money, selling short, and using options. ...
  10. (Hedge Fund) A private investment vehicle which is often used by pension funds, corporate institutions or very high net worth individuals and private partnerships that use strategies such as equity long/short, short selling and market neutral. ...
  11. (hedge fund) A privately offered investment vehicle exempted from most regulation and oversight; generally open only to high-net-worth investors.
  12. ("Hedge Fund") The money, jewelry, and silver coins you buried in your back yard or stuck in a safe.
  13. (Hedge Fund) A commingled poll of assets that may use specialized techniques--short selling, options and leverage--that are not readily available in traditional investment structures. ...
  14. (Hedge Fund) A form of mutual fund used by wealthy individuals and institutions to engage in aggressive speculative activities prohibited to ordinary mutual funds. ...
  15. (Hedge Fund) A fund able to invest using relatively high-risk strategies – derivatives, short selling etc. Can potentially profit from falling markets. Generally located offshore.
  16. (Hedge Fund) A fund that uses futures to offset investment risk. For example, a fund manager concerned about declining stock prices might hedge his or her holdings by buying a put option of some stocks. ...
  17. (Hedge Fund) A hedge fund is an investment fund which specifically uses options and futures contracts to make money. ...
  18. (Hedge Fund) A mutual fund that involves speculative investing in stocks and options, while creating positions in other companies engaged in the same industry in the opposite direction as a means of reducing overall risk.
  19. (Hedge Fund) A strategy to reduce or offset investment risk using derivatives.
  20. (Hedge Fund) A type of fund that takes the investors money, leverages the hell out of it, and then, if the high risk strategy by some miracle actually works, keeps most of the profit.  If the strategy doesn't work, the managers start a new hedge fund.
  21. (Hedge Fund) One of many different types of alternative investment funds, most of which pursue a total return strategy and usually charge a high performance fee in addition to annual management charges and initial fees. ...
  22. (Hedge Fund) Securities term that describes funds that use hedging techniques. For example, an option fund may use futures contracts on stock market indexes and short sales with stock options to limit risks.
  23. (Hedge Fund) There is no statutory or regulatory definition of hedge fund, although many have several characteristics in common. ...
  24. (Hedge Fund) a broad category of portfolio, or fund, that seeks to reduce risk by transferring some of that risk to another investor. These types of assets will generally have a low correlation with equity or bond markets.
  25. (Hedge fund) 1. a limited partnership of investors that invests in speculative stocks. Or 2. a mutual fund that seeks to make money betting on a particular bond market, currency movements, or directional movements based on certain events such as mergers and acquisitions. ...