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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Bill Ackman, a billionaire hedge fund manager, criticized Mamdani's advocacy for Palestinian rights and his socialist politics.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
The retailer rose more than 1% after the Financial Times reported, citing sources, that hedge fund Toms Capital Investment Management made a big investment in Target.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
The hedge fund mogul, worth $149 billion, doesn’t care if his employees went to Stanford or Princeton—or any college at all.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
If, instead, one looks at prices of housing, farmland and financial assets, including stocks, cryptocurrencies and hedge funds, there has been an enormous runup in prices.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2025
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
The retailer rose more than 1% after the Financial Times reported, citing sources, that hedge fund Toms Capital Investment Management made a big investment in Target.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
The hedge fund mogul, worth $149 billion, doesn’t care if his employees went to Stanford or Princeton—or any college at all.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
If, instead, one looks at prices of housing, farmland and financial assets, including stocks, cryptocurrencies and hedge funds, there has been an enormous runup in prices.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Hedge fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hedge%20fund. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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