A hedge fund imatanthauzidwa ngati gulu la ndalama zomwe zimayendetsedwa zomwe zimagwiritsa ntchito njira zotsogola zogulira zinthu monga ma gearing, zazitali, zazifupi komanso zotuluka m'misika yapakhomo ndi padziko lonse lapansi ndi cholinga chobweretsa phindu lalikulu (mwina chonse kapena kuposa china chake. benchmark ya gawo).

A hedge fund ndi mgwirizano wabizinesi wapayekha, womwe uli ngati bungwe, womwe umatsegulidwa kwa osunga ndalama ochepa. Kampaniyo pafupifupi nthawi zonse imalamula kuti pakhale ndalama zochepa. Mwayi mkati mwa hedge funds ukhoza kukhala wopanda malire chifukwa nthawi zambiri amafuna kuti osunga ndalama azisunga ndalama zawo m'thumba kwa miyezi khumi ndi iwiri.