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Why is it called a hedge fund? Hedge Fund FAQ Search Engine. Hedge funds were conceived as a way to generate positive investment returns regardless of market direction. To that end, hedge funds can sell short, trade in options and futures and use other strategies to hedge against market risk.
Moreover, since hedge funds also have a way to make money when the market goes down (because they short stocks, etc.), they also can profit by hyping doom and gloom. Thus, even though the subprime mortgage market is a relatively small part of the U.S. economy, you'd never guess it from all the press it's getting now.