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2. Hedge fund - Wikipedia

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   A hedge fund is a pooled investment fund that holds liquid assets and that makes use of complex trading and risk management techniques to improve investment performance and insulate returns from market risk.

3. Institutional investor - Wikipedia

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   An institutional investor is an entity that pools money to purchase securities, real property, and other investment assets or originate loans.Institutional investors include commercial banks, central banks, credit unions, government-linked companies, insurers, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, charities, hedge funds, real estate investment trusts, investment advisors, endowments, and ...

4. Non-bank financial institution - Wikipedia

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   Funds pool resources from individuals and firms into various financial instruments such as equity and debt. The individual holds equity in the fund itself, rather directly in the investments. The two main types of mutual funds are open-end and closed-end funds. Open-end funds generate new investments by allowing the public to purchase new ...

5. Hedge (finance) - Wikipedia

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   A hedge is an investment position intended to offset potential losses or gains that may be incurred by a companion investment. A hedge can be constructed from many types of financial instruments, including stocks, exchange-traded funds, insurance, forward contracts, swaps, options, gambles, [1] many types of over-the-counter and derivative products, and futures contracts.

6. Investment banking - Wikipedia

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   Prime brokerage with hedge funds has been an especially profitable business, as well as risky, as seen in the bank run with Bear Stearns in 2008. Investment management is the professional management of various securities (stocks, bonds, etc.) and other assets (e.g., real estate), to meet specified investment goals for the benefit of investors.

7. Mark Spitznagel - Wikipedia

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   Mark Spitznagel (/ ˈ s p ɪ t s n eɪ ɡ əl /; born March 5, 1971) is an American investor and hedge fund manager.He is the founder, owner, and chief investment officer of Universa Investments, a hedge fund management firm based in Miami, Florida.