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Hedge Fund

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A hedge fund is an investment fund available to a limited type of professional or wealthy investor. It usually deals in a wide variety of investments, and pays a performance fee to its fund manager. Funds have individual investment strategies.


The name “hedge”, comes from the funds attempt to minimize risk by using a number of investment methods, such as derivatives and short selling.

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