How do Hedgefunds work?

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Hedge funds usually have investors with a large capital investment – hundreds of thousands to millions. They invest according to their stated investment plan (aggressive stocks, bonds, commodities, mixed). Then you usually get dividend checks. But they deal with large balances only.

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