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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During the offseason the Mets, owned by billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen, signed the biggest free agent of them all this year.
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Steve Futterman, NPR, 27 Mar. 2025
Some hedge funds also use chatbots for research during the investment process.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
Sanctions have meant that trading in Russian sovereign debt remains off-limits, but some hedge funds are exploring corporate bonds once deemed nearly worthless, which are seeing improved valuations, according to Hedgeweek.com.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
That suggests at least some hedge funds had to unwind short sales—when shares are sold on a bet that the seller can buy them back at a lower price, pocketing the difference as profit.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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Steve Futterman, NPR, 27 Mar. 2025
Some hedge funds also use chatbots for research during the investment process.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
Sanctions have meant that trading in Russian sovereign debt remains off-limits, but some hedge funds are exploring corporate bonds once deemed nearly worthless, which are seeing improved valuations, according to Hedgeweek.com.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
That suggests at least some hedge funds had to unwind short sales—when shares are sold on a bet that the seller can buy them back at a lower price, pocketing the difference as profit.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hedge fund
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“Hedge fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hedge%20fund. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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