{"id":3404,"date":"2005-10-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"anatomy-of-a-hedge-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/10\/2005\/anatomy-of-a-hedge-fund.html","title":{"rendered":"Anatomy Of A Hedge Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>( The Hartford Courant &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courant.com\/\">www.courant.com<\/a>&nbsp;)&nbsp; Hedge funds have become part of the cultural landscape. But many who use the term &#8211; including some would-beinvestors &#8211; do not understand what, exactly, a hedge fund is.<\/p>\n<p>Hedge funds began as investment pools that aimed at achieving consistent returns, regardless of which way the market moved &#8211; and charged their clients mightily for it.<\/p>\n<table style=\"clear: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; background-color: #e6e4e1\" width=\"10%\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">      <a href=      \"http:\/\/adserver.trb.com\/event.ng\/Type=click&amp;FlightID=516691&amp;AdID=178138&amp;Custom=couranthouse&amp;TargetID=55979&amp;Segments=1093,1611,2168,2776,4709,4926,51520,51960,52326,52641,53319,53843,54270,54359,54399&amp;Targets=52428,2811,56637,55979&amp;Values=31,43,51,60,72,81,90,100,110,150,287,289,303,309,328,583,591,593,833,903,998,1016,1051,1065,1066,1089,1093,1105,1136,1212,1309,1604,1606,1617,1648,1653,1654,1664,1681,1737,1754,1837,1839,1863,1871,1887,1890,1939,1940,1956,1957,1978,1985,1987,2017,2035,2044,2106,2161,2281,2283,2297,2353,2548,2607,2625,2765,2804,2805,2806,2861,2900,2938,2948,2971,2975,3005,3047,3051,3055,3058,3061,3065&amp;RawValues=USERAGENTID,Mozilla\/4.0%20(compatible%3B%20MSIE%206.0%3B%20Windows%20NT%205.1%3B%20.NET%20CLR%201.0.3705%3B%20Alexa%20Toolbar%3B%20.NET%20CLR%201.1.4322)&amp;Redirect=http:\/\/ctnow.interest.com\/index.asp\"      target=\"_top\"><\/a>&nbsp;<img height=\"1\" src=      \"http:\/\/adserver.trb.com\/event.ng\/Type=count&amp;ClientType=1&amp;AdID=178138&amp;FlightID=516691&amp;TargetID=55979&amp;Segments=1093,1611,2168,2776,4709,4926,51520,51960,52326,52641,53319,53843,54270,54359,54399&amp;Targets=52428,2811,56637,55979&amp;Values=31,43,51,60,72,81,90,100,110,150,287,289,303,309,328,583,591,593,833,903,998,1016,1051,1065,1066,1089,1093,1105,1136,1212,1309,1604,1606,1617,1648,1653,1654,1664,1681,1737,1754,1837,1839,1863,1871,1887,1890,1939,1940,1956,1957,1978,1985,1987,2017,2035,2044,2106,2161,2281,2283,2297,2353,2548,2607,2625,2765,2804,2805,2806,2861,2900,2938,2948,2971,2975,3005,3047,3051,3055,3058,3061,3065&amp;RawValues=USERAGENTID%2CMozilla\/4.0%2520(compatible%253B%2520MSIE%25206.0%253B%2520Windows%2520NT%25205.1%253B%2520.NET%2520CLR%25201.0.3705%253B%2520Alexa%2520Toolbar%253B%2520.NET%2520CLR%25201.1.4322)&amp;random=bbuidKs,bbucnkerxdgi\"      width=\"1\" border=\"0\">     <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>But the money to be made &#8211; by those who manage hedge funds, not necessarily by those who invest in them &#8211; proved so intoxicating that even neophytes began opening up shop.<\/p>\n<p>Now, many hedge funds do not hedge at all. Instead, the term &#8220;hedge fund&#8221; has become a catchall, referring simply to the 8,500 unregulated investment partnerships that share a common way of rewardingtheir fund managers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.courant.com\/business\/hc-hedgesidebar1002.artoct02,0,3574800.story?coll=hc-headlines-business\"><strong>Read Complete Article<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>( The Hartford Courant &#8211; www.courant.com&nbsp;)&nbsp; Hedge funds have become part of the cultural landscape. But many who use the term &#8211; including some would-beinvestors &#8211; do not understand what, exactly, a hedge fund is. 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