Western Banks and hedge funds used Asia, particularly Japan, as an enchanted pool of money.
And when I went by the Emersons' yard, there she was hiding behind the hedge!
"Gold really didn't do that well - it had an initial pop but it really didn't provide the hedge... I wish I could tell you categorically that gold is a hedge," he said.
Banks can run hedge funds, and act as prime brokers to them, as long as they do not invest in them or alongside them.
Mr Madoff acted as custodian of assets that were placed with him and had no external administrator because he ran a brokerage, rather than a formal hedge fund, several investors say.
How about hedge funds?
The tall hedge breaks the force of the wind .
We need to trim away the rough edges on that hedge.
But hedge funds have much less leverage than the big Banks and the industry is much less concentrated.
The silkscreen, which is one of a number of pieces by Warhol that celebrate the American actress, was offered by art collector and hedge fund financier Steve Cohen.
There are different ways to hedge tail risk, but a popular one is to create a basket of derivatives that will perform poorly during normal market conditions but soar when markets plunge.
We do not offer portfolios with the hedge fund label.
He unstrapped his knapsack, put it, with his stick, on the hedge-bank, and opened the gate.
Investors are now discovering another unfortunate connotation: the hedge-fund firm has suspended redemptions and their money is trapped in its vaults.
He enclosed the land with a hedge.
People at hedge funds speak fondly of their industry's feral roots.
That would leave many holders of Greek debt without protection from losses, encouraging them to hedge their risk by betting against other euro-denominated debt like Italy's.
The idea came from buy-out and hedge funds.
Some of the hedge-fund industry’s top brass may soon stand accused of using what Mr Bharara called “financial steroids”.
This term, with its academic overtone, may make some people cringe, but understanding its ramifications lies at the heart of why hedge funds Amaranth and Long Term Capital Management went belly-up.
As an investor, responsible for the socially useful function of protecting and increasing the capital of savers, I will not bank on it. I will hedge.
Alternatively, Benjamin Bowler of Merrill Lynch suggests investing in hedge-fund niches, such as merger arbitrage.
These are not the only draws for hedge funds.
So I buried my money in a hole under the hedge, marking the spot with a lump of flint.
A clear explanation of how hedge funds work and why they are important. A second edition of a 2008 book, by our capital-markets editor, who is now also the Buttonwood columnist.
For assets that don't trade, or trade very little, they should work to find out what prices other hedge funds and broker-dealers that deal with similar assets are reporting.
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