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Hedge Fund Defined

Securities term that describes funds that use hedging techniques. For example, an option fund may use futures contracts on stock market indexes and short sales with stock options to limit risks.

See Also: Futures Contract; Hedging; Index; Options; Risk; Selling Short

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Low-rate balance transfers can hurt credit history

Published July 5, 2009, 12:20 am, Los Angeles Times

The moves can dramatically reduce your interest costs but carry risks. Dear Liz: Would it hurt our credit scores if my husband and I transfer credit card balances to interest-free cards? This would save us over $200 a month in interest. We've done this twice before but are concerned about hurting our scores.

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Bill Mundell: Australia's fiscal turnaround is a fine model for this state

Published July 5, 2009, 12:13 am, The Sacramento Bee

In 1996, Australia reached its high-water mark for public debt, hitting roughly $100 billion. Today, even in the midst of the global economic meltdown, Australia is virtually debt free and has a $100 billion "Fund for the Future." A funny thing happened on the way to this impressive turnaround. Australia realized it had a significant but unexploited potential: Redeploying its public assets.

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Russia, China eye Porsche deal

Published July 4, 2009, 11:26 pm, AME Info

Three more potential investors besides the Qatar Investment Authority have expressed interest in the German sports car maker Porsche, Focus magazine has reported, without citing a source for its information.

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Hedge fund chief gives £499m to charity

Published July 4, 2009, 11:12 pm, The Malaysian Insider

LONDON, July 5 — One of London’s most controversial hedge fund managers has defied the financial crisis and given away half a billion pounds in one of the biggest ever charitable donations. Chris Hohn, a secretive financier who is best known for his aggressive investment tactics, donated £499,345,323 (RM2.9 billion) last year to the foundation run by his wife, Jamie Cooper-Hohn, that funds ...

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Shazam, you're rich!

Published July 4, 2009, 11:04 pm, The News & Observer

Almost everybody dreams of winning the lottery.

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Bernard Madoff gets maximum 150 years in prison

Published July 4, 2009, 10:57 pm, Albany Democrat-Herald

NEW YORK (AP) — Historic swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison Monday for a fraud so extensive that the judge said he needed to send a symbolic message to potential imitators and to victims who demanded harsh punishment.

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Unwinding at AIG may prove ultimate test of government intervention

Published July 4, 2009, 10:08 pm, Pioneer Press

Gerry Pasciucco stared out from his office on midtown Manhattan's 48th Street, weighing the riskiest trade of his life. Over a 26-year career, he had risen to managing director at investment bank Morgan Stanley and earned a seven-figure-plus pay package. Now Edward Liddy, the new chief executive of insurer American International Group Inc., had just asked Pasciucco to head the AIG subsidiary at ...

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Three more bidders for Porsche: Report

Published July 4, 2009, 3:54 pm, The Peninsula

FRANKFURT: Three more bidders are interested in taking a stake in German sports carmaker Porsche, rivalling investment plans by Qatar, German magazine Focus reported yesterday.

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Three more funds keen on stake in Porsche

Published July 4, 2009, 2:58 pm, Gulf Daily News

FRANKFURT: Three more bidders are interested in taking a stake in German sports car-maker Porsche, rivalling investment plans by Qatar, reports said yesterday.

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NewsWatch: Gasoline ETF may ease pain at the pump

Published July 4, 2009, 2:02 pm, Market Watch

Families who pack up the car this Fourth of July weekend will spend much less on gasoline than last year -- prices are down by more than a third from last summer. But when it comes to fueling your investment portfolio, a specialized exchange-traded fund may hedge against unwelcome oil-price spikes.

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