What does mean by ”hedge funds” 中文點解?

According to the M-W dictionary, 'hedge fund' refers to an investing group usually in the form of a limited partnership that employs speculative techniques in the hope of obtaining large capital gains.

In Chinese, it means 對沖基金.

What's 對沖基金 about?
對沖基金是指監管寬鬆的私人匯集投資工具，可運用槓桿原理投資現貨及衍生產品市場為投資者爭取利益。「對沖基金」一詞定義非常廣泛，許多特點迥異的基金均可包括在內。不過，對沖基金與傳統基金仍有多個主要不同點。

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