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basically using something that would have an opposite reaction to the initial item, therefor you make a bet and then bet the other side and you are covered on both sides in a drastic move, but if i...

I need help understanding the Long/Short Notional Market Values of a fund?

The term notional value means the underlying principal value of the shorts in the fund. They are a liability in that the shares borrowed would have to be repurchased on liquidation.

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What are the returns on the most successful hedge funds (before fees are assessed)?

While I don't believe that investors in Medallion, for example, are allowed to share information about fees and the like, I've heard that Simons takes 3% as a management fee and 40-50% of...

What can you tell me about the Renaissance Medallion Fund? How to buy and if it is as good as they say?

You can't invest in it. You have to be accredited to invest in it and I am assuming you are not. In any case, the fund has been closed for years with over half the capital invested in the fu...

What is fund of fund?

In most countries when you sell an investment, you have to pay taxes on the profits immediately, even if you sold the investment to reinvest in something else. To avoid this inconvenience banks ...

Are hedge funds a wise investment for an average investor?

With the new rules you need more than $2,000,000 in total assets (excluding your primary residence) in order to be eligible to invest (and the individual hedge funds usually have higher requirement...

Do hedge funds drug test?

I assume you mean hedge funds as an employer. Every company is different, and their hiring policies are all different. If, however, you're concerned about it, then maybe you should clean up ...

Do hedge funds actually add any value to the market place?

Yes --they provide liquidity and make the market more efficient.

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If hedge funds can play dirty, why did Martha Stewart have to do time?

Martha did time for perjury. She lied under oath about her involvement. If she had told the truth, she would have had a fine, and maybe probation.

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How hedge funds work?

Hedge funds are no longer a single class of funds or a single technique so you can't really get this question answered. Hedge funds, originally, held both investments and obligations to deliv...

Why do hedge funds have larger fees in comparison to mutual funds??

Because the manager at a hedge fund is "best of breed" in their specialty and you are buying his expertise with your money. Additionally, mutual funds are heavily regulated and must comp...

How are hedge funds different from Mutual Funds ?

Hedge funds receive much less government intervention. A hedge fund can buy & sell in much greater ways. Mutual funds have increased restrictions and have less risk involved. Hedge funds a...

Hedge funds cost >$200,000 a year to operate?

It is not a horrible estimate but you can get started on less and layer on more services througout your first two years of operation. I have several friends who help launch hedge funds if you would...

Are hedge funds private equity funds?

they are both private pools of money set up to make investments for qualified investors. Hedge funds usually buy publicly traded securities, and/or exercise strategies on investments that can be p...

Explain how hedge funds work?

My understanding is hedge funds are designed to make money in rising and falling markets by using financial instruments such as futures/options/swaps etc. The term hedge refers to the fact that th...

What are "hedge funds" and why do people consider them "evil"...why the controversy?

Simply put, a hedge fund is a fund that uses very aggressive techniques to make money. They can take short or long positions in the market, use a great deal of leverage to buy up stocks or try to ...

What are 'Hedge Funds'?

They are private funds similar to mutual funds that are managed in a similar manner. they usually require a hefty minimum to get in. Mostly wealthy investors.

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What's the difference between HEDGE FUNDS and PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS?

a 'mutual fund' is essentially a group/basket/portfolio of stock, often diversified, that are bundled or packaged together and managed by an industry professional often called a potfolio ...

Are hedge funds loosing money due to fact that US mortgage loans now turning sour?

some of them yes, Hedge funds vary greatly in their investment strategies. Many of them were not affected at all.

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What hedge funds are located in Colorado?

None that I am aware of. Most are based in the northeast, Conn. NYC, Boston...... London is growing in popular these days too.

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Do hedge funds have higher or lower risks and how so?

Hedge funds are one of the riskiest investments out there. One of the reasons is that Hedge Funds are NOT regulated by anyone. There is no one looking over their shoulders, there are no guideli...

What do hedge funds invest in ?

Enjoy the reading. They operate through private placements and restrict share ownership to rich individuals and institutions frees them from most disclosure and regulation requirements that appl...

Is the risk involved in hedge funds more than that in mutual funds or privte equity funds ?

When you think of Mutual Funds (MF) in general, you are usually talking about stocks. And you are talking about a MF that is always "in" the market. There is generally no leverage used in...

What is hedge funds ?

They invest in almost anything in the financial markets around the world, stocks, bonds, currencies, futures, options, swaps, swaptions,commodities,sophisticated derivatives and options in any comb...

Why are hedge funds important clients of investment banks?

I would say 2 reasons: (1) Profitability of Prime Brokerage / Securities Lending Prime brokerage is an immensely profitable area for investment banks, and hedge funds generally need at least ...

How do Hedge funds influence the Stock market to the great extent that they fall or rise too much?

An indivdual one probably doesn't influence it that much, unless you're LTCM. A lot of them are momentum driven, so they increase general volatility on the up and down moves that happen ...

If the hedge funds go bust, will it threaten financial stability of the US?

Hedgefunds are the backbone of the economy though the stability of any country and depends upon them for futures. Hedgefunds are fed through the lower economic fluctuations on the stock markets. Th...

Three leading hedge funds are planning a break-up of british bank what currency do i play, i'm a currency tra

You must be a very good "currency trader" if you take advise from Yahoo!Answers, LOL...

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I need 2 know all about hedge funds. I heard I can use borrowed money 2 invest in them. Is this true?

Hedge funds use pools of private capital to invest in various companies and generally require a minimum investment of $50,000 to $1,000,000. There are many different types of hedge funds but most c...

List of hedge funds in san diego county?

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