Meaning

1 senses
  1. A mostly unregulated investment fund that invests large amounts of money using speculative methods.

    Hedgefonds

    хедж-фондxedž-fond

More definitions
  • 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

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Tom is a hedge fund manager.

  2. The hedge fund manager was convicted of insider trading.

  3. This hedge fund manager made more than one billion dollars.

  4. The top 25 hedge fund managers make more than all of the kindergarten teachers in America combined.

  5. Hedge funds are bailing on Apple.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
unregistered investment fund:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
unregistered investment fund:

Origin

Early hedge funds hedged against risk.

Early hedge funds hedged against risk.

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Forms

plural: hedge funds
Singularhedge fund
Pluralhedge funds

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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:hedgefund

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