0 a type of investment that can make a lot of profit but involves a large risk: --
1 an investment fund that trades large amounts of shares, currencies, etc. to take advantage of both rising and falling prices, for example by shorting (= borrowing shares, etc., selling them, and buying them back at a lower price): --
He retired from his hedge fund in 2001, where he finished with a self reported 36% return in 2001.
It operates as a hedge fund (virtual) and students learn analytical methods about financial markets.
His hedge fund was valued at $3.7 billion in 2009, down from a peak of $7 billion in 2008.
He was formerly the vice president for an institutional trading and hedge fund account for futures-related products.
The hedge fund asked for a number of changes re.
These are invested across different strategies through approximately 45 hedge fund managers.
While this type of investment has existed for a while in the hedge fund industry, its availability for retail investors is relatively new.
Hedge fund managers earned $379 billion in fees, while investors earned only $70 billion in profits.
