Term: hedge fund: a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million); can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging
Broader: investment company: a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies | Unrelated: basque: a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain
Broader: investment company: a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies | Unrelated: bonheur: (French) happiness and good humor
Broader: investment company: a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies | Unrelated: cane: a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment
Broader: investment company: a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies | Unrelated: candy striper: a volunteer worker in a hospital
Broader: investment company: a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies | Unrelated: hysteroscopy: visual examination of the uterus and uterine lining using an endoscope inserted through the vagina
Broader: investment company: a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies | Unrelated: rig: formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
Broader: investment company: a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies | Unrelated: fast reactor: nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by fast neutrons because little or no moderator is used
Broader: investment company: a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies | Unrelated: fast lane: the traffic lane for vehicles that are moving rapidly
Broader: investment company: a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies | Unrelated: archenteron: central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity
Broader: investment company: a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies | Unrelated: propeller plane: an airplane that is driven by a propeller