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hedge fund

American  
[hej fuhnd] / ˈhɛdʒ ˌfʌnd /

noun

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

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

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He’s still excited, he said, about the opportunity for “massive disruption and massive change” in the next three or four years, which would be a plus for any hedge fund starting now.

From MarketWatch

Ken Griffin relocated himself and the headquarters of his Citadel hedge fund from Chicago to Miami.

From The Wall Street Journal

The hedge fund pledged to raise these concerns at the company’s annual meeting.

From Barron's

The hedge fund pledged to raise these concerns at the company’s annual meeting.

From Barron's

Shaw, the renowned number-crunching hedge fund manager, calculated how long it would take for the concentrated U.S. stock market to return to normal.

From MarketWatch

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