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

Examples of hedge fund in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Situational Awareness, the hedge fund led by Leopold Aschenbrenner, was forced to sell billions of dollars of tech shares to meet margin calls after those bets rapidly lost value. — Ryan Vlastelica, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026

But even within hedge funds, long/short act very differently than systemic clients and multi-managers like Citadel and Millennium. — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026

The bad blood has been brewing since April, when Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled his plans for the tax by filming a video outside the $240 million penthouse of hedge fund mogul Ken Griffin. — Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Schwarzenegger went on to share that the Pump Club is not backed by a private equity or hedge fund, but rather himself. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 31 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hedge fund

• and
• bund
• gunned
• hund
• mund
• shunned
• stunned
• fecund
• refund
• rotund
• secund

Legal Definition

hedge fund

see also:

fund sense 2