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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This is also occurring in a market that has desperately been trying to rebalance away from historic levels of concentration, and as hedge funds are urgently expanding the short side of their portfolios as a means of generating returns from a flattish index.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
New legislation was intended to limit this, but in 1998, the Fed stepped in when a hedge fund, Long Term Capital Management, went broke.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026
And so did the institutional investors, pension funds and hedge funds that bought them.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Since purchasing a $75 million Miami home on Star Island in December 2021, Griffin moved his global hedge fund Citadel to South Florida and began getting involved in the community.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
New legislation was intended to limit this, but in 1998, the Fed stepped in when a hedge fund, Long Term Capital Management, went broke.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026
And so did the institutional investors, pension funds and hedge funds that bought them.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Since purchasing a $75 million Miami home on Star Island in December 2021, Griffin moved his global hedge fund Citadel to South Florida and began getting involved in the community.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Hedge fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hedge%20fund. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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