Personal Credit and Debt Management » investment companies http://www.lucentdata.com Lucent Data Financial Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:33:06 +0000 en hourly 1 Are Hedge Funds a High Risk Investment? http://www.lucentdata.com/3/hedge-funds-high-risk.html http://www.lucentdata.com/3/hedge-funds-high-risk.html#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:21:32 +0000 simonthecat http://www.lucentdata.com/3/hedge-funds-high-risk.html If you are looking to build a retirement nest egg or upgrade your lifestyle now you may be considering hedge funds as the means to those goals. If so you will be concerned about the relative safety of this type of investment vehicle.

So are hedge funds safe? As so often happens in both investing and life, the answer is both yes and no.


Hedge funds are unregistered investment companies and they are not subject to the same types of SEC investor safety restrictions as mutual funds. Hedge funds have much more freedom to use leverage and to short-sell stock. The use of these strategies give hedge funds the potential to be a more lucrative investment than mutual funds and also a more risky investment.

Although hedge funds have…

]]> If you are looking to build a retirement nest egg or upgrade your lifestyle now you may be considering hedge funds as the means to those goals. If so you will be concerned about the relative safety of this type of investment vehicle.

So are hedge funds safe? As so often happens in both investing and life, the answer is both yes and no.


Hedge funds are unregistered investment companies and they are not subject to the same types of SEC investor safety restrictions as mutual funds. Hedge funds have much more freedom to use leverage and to short-sell stock. The use of these strategies give hedge funds the potential to be a more lucrative investment than mutual funds and also a more risky investment.

Although hedge funds have the freedom of action to be a risky investment choice that does not mean that all hedge funds are inherently risky. It depends on the investment philosophy of the company.

If you are considering investing in hedge funds talk to the company manager, look closely at the funds history, exam the portfolio, then decide if hedge funds are a safe investment for you.

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