Hedge fund: Difference between revisions

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The Oxford English Dictionary says it is an “offshore [[investment fund]], typically formed as a private limited partnership, that engages in speculation using credit or borrowed [[capital]].”
The Oxford English Dictionary says it is an “offshore [[investment fund]], typically formed as a private limited partnership, that engages in speculation using credit or borrowed [[capital]].”


That neglects to mention how much they charge, or that they talk a lot about [[alpha]] — even ''[[leveraged alpha]]'' — while doing a lot of [[vega]].
That neglects to mention how much they charge, or that they talk a lot about [[alpha]] — even ''[[leveraged alpha]]'' — and have the [[Backtesting|back-tests]] to prove it — while doing a lot of [[vega]].


===Hedge funds hang out with===
===Hedge funds hang out with===
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===See also===
===See also===
*[[Backtesting]]
*[[Greeks]]
*[[Greeks]]
*{{tag|AIFMD}}
*{{tag|AIFMD}}
*[[Leverage]]
*[[Leverage]]
*[[Synthetic prime brokerage]]
*[[Synthetic prime brokerage]]