May 31, 2026

Hedge fund lingo

Incoming SA for a LO HF trying to prepare. Any common HF lingo I should know? Aside from your typical accounting basics (depreciation, EBITDA, etc.). So for example, LP/GP, lock-up period, Alpha, IRR, "net-net"

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Redemptions

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"no i didnt read your pitch yet" is key

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Principal in HF - Event

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“BFF at other fund disagrees with you”

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Anchor

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“Oops”

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“I don’t know”

“It’s noise”

“How should I think about x”

“Can you give me color on x”

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quantitative

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Hunting Elephants
F-You Money
Leveraged to tits

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Here are a couple that you might run into

Catch a falling knife
Drawdown
Unwind
Firesale
High water mark
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Wind-down
Unemployed

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