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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Activist hedge fund and, as of last year, big Southwest shareholder Elliott Investment Management has been increasing pressure on the airline to raise its profits as rivals like Delta and United have pulled ahead.
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2025
Private companies pay a 21 percent marginal corporate-income-tax rate, and hedge fund investors ...
—Henry Olsen, National Review, 15 Mar. 2025
Comments Jon Hamm is a disgraced hedge fund manager who turns to a life of crime in Entertainment Weekly’s exclusive first look at the trailer for Your Friends & Neighbors.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Southwest was pressured by a hedge fund investor to make the change.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2025
Private companies pay a 21 percent marginal corporate-income-tax rate, and hedge fund investors ...
—Henry Olsen, National Review, 15 Mar. 2025
Comments Jon Hamm is a disgraced hedge fund manager who turns to a life of crime in Entertainment Weekly’s exclusive first look at the trailer for Your Friends & Neighbors.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Southwest was pressured by a hedge fund investor to make the change.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Hedge fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hedge%20fund. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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