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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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Patience is the greatest advantage home-gamers have over the hedge funds.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
In June 2024, hedge fund Elliott Investment Management took a $1.9 billion stake in the carrier, calling for a leadership and operations overhaul a few months later.
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Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
Thai Mo Shan is a subsidiary of Chicago high frequency trading hedge fund Jump Trading.
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Javier Paz, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2025
The insurance giant’s attempts to police social media chatter about its business practices and its overtures to Trump’s SEC dovetailed earlier this week when hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman shared his opinion of the company’s future.
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2025
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First Known Use
1966, in the meaning defined above
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“Hedge fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hedge%20fund. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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hedge fund
see fund sense 2
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