- hedge fund
- noun Date: 1967 an investing group usually in the form of a limited partnership that employs speculative techniques in the hope of obtaining large capital gains
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hedge fund
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hedge fund — noun 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 • Syn: ↑hedgefund •… … Useful english dictionary
Hedge Fund — An aggressively managed portfolio of investments that uses advanced investment strategies such as leveraged, long, short and derivative positions in both domestic and international markets with the goal of generating high returns (either in an… … Investment dictionary
