Hedge funds are really just teams of people investing money on behalf of others, without regulatory constraints that most mainstay financial firms have, due to the fact that you have to have a certain net-worth etc. to be able to participate.
There's no hard definition of it.
VC firms are essentially a kind of 'hedge fund' though we don't think of them that way.
Most hedge funds do have long 'lock up periods'.
Whether they are a 'good investment' is like asking is a specific home a 'good investment'. It depends on the home. They vary wildy in terms of quality etc...
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Hedge funds are really just teams of people investing money on behalf of others, without regulatory constraints that most mainstay financial firms have, due to the fact that you have to have a certain net-worth etc. to be able to participate.
There's no hard definition of it.
VC firms are essentially a kind of 'hedge fund' though we don't think of them that way.
Most hedge funds do have long 'lock up periods'.
Whether they are a 'good investment' is like asking is a specific home a 'good investment'. It depends on the home. They vary wildy in terms of quality etc...