Hedge Fund Glossary

All hedge fund glosssary terms are listed below. Please click on the letters below to list all glossary terms beginning with that letter.

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Fundamental investment analysis
Analysis of the balance sheet and income statements of companies in order to forecast their future stock price movements

Fund of funds
Investment partnership that invests in a series of other funds. Portfolio will typically diversify across a variety of investment managers, investment strategies, and subcategories

Fixed income directional
Fixed income investing on the long or short side, based on a manager's view of current market pricing of fixed income securities

Fixed income arbitrage
Investment strategy that seeks to exploit pricing inefficiencies in fixed income securities and their derivative instruments. Typical investment will involve long a fixed income security or related instrument that is perceived to be undervalued, and short a similar, related fixed income security or related instrument