Because of the risk associated with investing in any single hedge fund - to diversify and lower volatility, a number of hedge funds are often combined into what is known as a fund of funds or fund of hedge funds.
Diversification - or not putting all your eggs in one basket - has a solid foundation in math. In fact there are some really good reasons to always bear them in mind.
Companies are often valued on earnings or multiples of earnings - for example the P/E ratio. One year of earnings might not tell you that much however because earnings can be volatile - especially if revenues/sales change.
Prime brokers perform a very important role in the hedge fund industry by providing much of the infrastructure backbone that allows hedge funds to hold securities, employ leverage and even by assisting in raising assets.
Equity - or public equity in the form of stocks is issued by companies. Not only companies can borrow - and not only companies can borrow through securitised debt.
Saving and investing is incentivised in most western countries through tax benefits. Governments want to collect taxes to provide the services that they provide - but they also provide tax benefits for saving and investing because it is considered beneficial for individuals and society as a whole.
An introduction to what has been called the 8th wonder of the world - compounding. The principle that allows small sums to grow to large sums over time.
An introductory summary of hedge funds. There is a lot more on this in the book because it is easier to convey in a written format than on tape - also at more info at savingandinvesting.c om.
Hedge Funds use many different strategies to make money although broadly speaking they are often put into 3 main categories. This video details the categories and what the means are.
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