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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Some hedge funds are offering to buy businesses’ tariff refund claims.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 17 Apr. 2026
Some hedge funds and financial services firms are buying businesses' tariff refund claims, putting money in importers' pockets immediately, while taking on the administrative burden of applying for a refund, according to Flexport's Manders.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Short selling — a core component of many hedge fund strategies — involves investors betting against a particular stock or security, with the aim of profiting from a decline in its value.
—Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
For Demis Hassabis that moment has arrived with the publication of The Infinity Machine, the new biography written by Sebastian Mallaby (author of More Money Than God on hedge funds and The Man Who Knew, the biography of Alan Greenspan).
—Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 17 Apr. 2026
Some hedge funds and financial services firms are buying businesses' tariff refund claims, putting money in importers' pockets immediately, while taking on the administrative burden of applying for a refund, according to Flexport's Manders.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Short selling — a core component of many hedge fund strategies — involves investors betting against a particular stock or security, with the aim of profiting from a decline in its value.
—Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
For Demis Hassabis that moment has arrived with the publication of The Infinity Machine, the new biography written by Sebastian Mallaby (author of More Money Than God on hedge funds and The Man Who Knew, the biography of Alan Greenspan).
—Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Hedge fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hedge%20fund. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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