Part 3 of a 3 Part Series
What is a hedge fund?
A hedge fund is a fund, usually used by wealthy individuals and institutions, which is allowed to use aggressive strategies that are unavailable to mutual funds, including selling short, leverage, program trading, swaps, arbitrage, and derivatives. Hedge funds are exempt from many of the rules and regulations governing other mutual funds, which allow them to accomplish aggressive investing goals. They are restricted by law to no more than 100 investors per fund, and as a result most hedge funds set extremely high minimum investment amounts, ranging anywhere from $250,000 to over $1 million. As with traditional mutual funds, investors in hedge funds pay a management fee; however, hedge funds also collect a percentage of the profits (usually around 20%).
Part 1 of a 3 Part Series
As a San Diego lawyer, I am frequently asked questions regarding funding and how to get it. Below I have written out some definitions and explanations that I think will be useful in regards to funding.
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