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A hedge fund is an investment fund that pools capital from a limited number of accredited individual or institutional investors and invests in a variety of assets, often with complex portfolio construction and risk management techniques. It is administered by a professional management firm, and often structured as a limited partnership, limited liability company, or similar vehicle. Hedge funds are generally distinct from mutual funds as their use of leverage is not capped by regulators and distinct from private equity funds as the majority of hedge funds invest in relatively liquid assets.
The name "hedge fund" originated from the paired long and short positions that the first of these funds used to hedge market risk. Over time, the types and nature of the hedging concepts expanded, as did the different types of investment vehicles. Today, hedge funds engage in a diverse range of markets and strategies and employ a wide variety of financial instruments and risk management techniques.
Khan Academy is a non-profit educational organization created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan with the aim of providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. The organization produces short lectures in the form of YouTube videos. In addition to micro lectures, the organization's website features practice exercises and tools for educators. All resources are available for free to anyone around the world. The main language of the website is English, but the content is also available in other languages.
The founder of the organization, Salman Khan, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to immigrant parents from Bangladesh and India. After earning three degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (a BS in mathematics, a BS in electrical engineering and computer science, and an MEng in electrical engineering and computer science), he pursued an MBA from Harvard Business School.
In late 2004, Khan began tutoring his cousin Nadia who needed help with math using Yahoo!'s Doodle notepad.When other relatives and friends sought similar help, he decided that it would be more practical to distribute the tutorials on YouTube. The videos' popularity and the testimonials of appreciative students prompted Khan to quit his job in finance as a hedge fund analyst at Connective Capital Management in 2009, and focus on the tutorials (then released under the moniker "Khan Academy") full-time.
Overview of how hedge funds are different than mutual funds. Created by Sal Khan. Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/investment-vehicles-tutorial/hedge-funds/v/hedge-fund-structure-and-fees?utm_source=YT&utm;_medium=Desc&utm;_campaign=financeandcapitalmarkets Missed the previous lesson? Watch here: https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/investment-vehicles-tutorial/life-insurance/v/term-life-insurance-and-death-probability?utm_source=YT&utm;_medium=Desc&utm;_campaign=financeandcapitalmarkets Finance and capital markets on Khan Academy: Hedge funds have absolutely nothing to do with shrubbery. Their name comes from the fact that early hedge funds (and some current ones) tried to "hedge" their exposure to the ma...
Tim Bennett looks at the secretive world of hedge funds, explaining what they do and how they aim to make money. Visit http://moneyweek.com/youtube for extra videos not found on YouTube. MoneyWeek videos are designed to help you become a better investor, and to give you a better understanding of the markets. They’re aimed at both beginners and more experienced investors. In all our videos we explain things in an easy-to-understand way. Some videos are about important ideas and concepts. Others are about investment stories and themes in the news. The emphasis is on clarity and brevity. We don’t want to waste your time with a 20-minute video that could easily be so much shorter. Related links… - What is an exchange-traded fund? http://moneyweek.com/videos/what-is-an-exchange-traded...
June 1 -- Patrick McCurdy, head of capital introduction at Wells Fargo Prime Services, explains how small hedge funds go about raising capital and how much money is needed to start a fund. He speaks on “Market Makers.” -- Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg Bloomberg Television offers extensive coverage and analysis of international business news and stories of global importance. It is available in more than 310 million households worldwide and reaches the most affluent and influential viewers in terms of household income, asset value and education levels. With production hubs in London, New York and Hong Kong, the network provides 24-hour continuous coverage of the people, companies and ideas that move the markets.
There's a lot of confusion about what a hedge fund actually is these days. Here's a short and basic explainer. I should add that's its not entirely correct to say that hedge funds are completely unregulated. They are subject to some rules, but they are much less regulated than most other investment types.
Reality TV meets the hedge fund world. Two emerging managers have exclusive access to three of the industry's biggest names for advice, guidance and potential investment. Ewan Kirk from Cantab Capital Partners, Natasha Reeve Gray from Altis Partners and Andrew McCaffrey from Aberdeen Asset Management meet Patrick Boyle from Palomar Capital Management and Richard Edwards from HED Capital Management. Filmed in 2014 Sponsored By Eurex: http://www.eurexchange.com/exchange-en/
As stock markets brace themselves for more turmoil, Nina Dos Santos gets a glimpse inside a hedge fund.
►Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs Hedge funds make use of short-selling, leverage and discretion to magnify their gains, but as the FT's senior investment columnist John Authers points out, their techniques involve huge risks and they reward themselves too handsomely. ► FT Wealth: http://bit.ly/1e3996C ► FT Global Economy: http://bit.ly/1J5mmqH ► Chinese Governments Unable to Convince MSCI: http://bit.ly/1I9an7I
Hedge funds used to occupy a dark, undisturbed corner of the financial world, but over the last year theyve been thrown under the spotlight. Still, many people dont know exactly what hedge funds are, or what hedging actually means. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains.
Overview of how hedge funds are different than mutual funds. Created by Sal Khan. Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/investment-vehicles-tutorial/hedge-funds/v/hedge-fund-structure-and-fees?utm_source=YT&utm;_medium=Desc&utm;_campaign=financeandcapitalmarkets Missed the previous lesson? Watch here: https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/investment-vehicles-tutorial/life-insurance/v/term-life-insurance-and-death-probability?utm_source=YT&utm;_medium=Desc&utm;_campaign=financeandcapitalmarkets Finance and capital markets on Khan Academy: Hedge funds have absolutely nothing to do with shrubbery. Their name comes from the fact that early hedge funds (and some current ones) tried to "hedge" their exposure to the ma...
Tim Bennett looks at the secretive world of hedge funds, explaining what they do and how they aim to make money. Visit http://moneyweek.com/youtube for extra videos not found on YouTube. MoneyWeek videos are designed to help you become a better investor, and to give you a better understanding of the markets. They’re aimed at both beginners and more experienced investors. In all our videos we explain things in an easy-to-understand way. Some videos are about important ideas and concepts. Others are about investment stories and themes in the news. The emphasis is on clarity and brevity. We don’t want to waste your time with a 20-minute video that could easily be so much shorter. Related links… - What is an exchange-traded fund? http://moneyweek.com/videos/what-is-an-exchange-traded...
June 1 -- Patrick McCurdy, head of capital introduction at Wells Fargo Prime Services, explains how small hedge funds go about raising capital and how much money is needed to start a fund. He speaks on “Market Makers.” -- Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg Bloomberg Television offers extensive coverage and analysis of international business news and stories of global importance. It is available in more than 310 million households worldwide and reaches the most affluent and influential viewers in terms of household income, asset value and education levels. With production hubs in London, New York and Hong Kong, the network provides 24-hour continuous coverage of the people, companies and ideas that move the markets.
There's a lot of confusion about what a hedge fund actually is these days. Here's a short and basic explainer. I should add that's its not entirely correct to say that hedge funds are completely unregulated. They are subject to some rules, but they are much less regulated than most other investment types.
Reality TV meets the hedge fund world. Two emerging managers have exclusive access to three of the industry's biggest names for advice, guidance and potential investment. Ewan Kirk from Cantab Capital Partners, Natasha Reeve Gray from Altis Partners and Andrew McCaffrey from Aberdeen Asset Management meet Patrick Boyle from Palomar Capital Management and Richard Edwards from HED Capital Management. Filmed in 2014 Sponsored By Eurex: http://www.eurexchange.com/exchange-en/
As stock markets brace themselves for more turmoil, Nina Dos Santos gets a glimpse inside a hedge fund.
►Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs Hedge funds make use of short-selling, leverage and discretion to magnify their gains, but as the FT's senior investment columnist John Authers points out, their techniques involve huge risks and they reward themselves too handsomely. ► FT Wealth: http://bit.ly/1e3996C ► FT Global Economy: http://bit.ly/1J5mmqH ► Chinese Governments Unable to Convince MSCI: http://bit.ly/1I9an7I
Hedge funds used to occupy a dark, undisturbed corner of the financial world, but over the last year theyve been thrown under the spotlight. Still, many people dont know exactly what hedge funds are, or what hedging actually means. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains.
The first journey 25 Jan 2016. This lecture discusses hedge funds, differences between mutual funds and hedge funds, hedge fund strategies, benefits, and risks of hedge funds. Hedge funds .
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