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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Lampert, a hedge fund operator, bought the company in 2005 and merged it with Kmart, only to oversee its spiral into bankruptcy in 2018.
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Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
Mutual funds and hedge funds are finding rare common ground in a small cluster of stocks that have become consensus favorites across the industry, according to Goldman Sachs.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
Ray Dalio built the world’s largest hedge fund on cold market logics and macro trend spotting.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
Steyer made his billions as the founder of Farallon Capital, a hedge fund headquartered in San Francisco.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2025
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Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
Mutual funds and hedge funds are finding rare common ground in a small cluster of stocks that have become consensus favorites across the industry, according to Goldman Sachs.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
Ray Dalio built the world’s largest hedge fund on cold market logics and macro trend spotting.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
Steyer made his billions as the founder of Farallon Capital, a hedge fund headquartered in San Francisco.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2025
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“Hedge fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hedge%20fund. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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