hedge fund
noun
: 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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Tapping into the endowment may be impractical for several reasons, including that some of it is legally restricted, but also because some of the unrestricted money is tied up in illiquid assets, such as in hedge funds, private equity and real estate that can’t be easily sold.
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Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
Limited partners are institutional funds — for example, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds or hedge funds — that put money into venture funds.
—Natasha Turak, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
With President Donald Trump having installed a market trader as commerce secretary, a hedge fund manager as Treasury head, a private equity titan in the defense department, and so on, capitalists might well have thought that the White House was on their side.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Sharpton and his followers have also spent the past several months protesting outside hedge fund manager Bill Ackman’s offices each week.
—Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
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Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
Limited partners are institutional funds — for example, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds or hedge funds — that put money into venture funds.
—Natasha Turak, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
With President Donald Trump having installed a market trader as commerce secretary, a hedge fund manager as Treasury head, a private equity titan in the defense department, and so on, capitalists might well have thought that the White House was on their side.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Sharpton and his followers have also spent the past several months protesting outside hedge fund manager Bill Ackman’s offices each week.
—Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Hedge fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hedge%20fund. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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