what is private equity

What is Private Equity?

Private equity is specifically a kind of stock ownership in a company that is not publicly traded on a stock exchange. In recent times though it has been what people call private funds that use capital to takeover companies (many times through leveraged buyouts) with the goal to rebuild the company’s business model to create

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What is a hedge

What is Hedging?

The definition of financial hedging is to buy insurance to limit the risk of the downside if an asset falls in value.  Hedging is a multi-position strategy that purchases insurance for an investment or trade position that is being held as a way to limit the downside losses if it trends against the investor. It

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