/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>1272910
If you need asking those questions, they're definitely not the right asset class for you.

A simple google search would have let you find this:

>Regulation D, specifically rules 504, 505 and 506, limit the total number of investors who can be admitted inside of a hedge fund. Hedge fund general partners and managers often create high minimum investment requirements. It is not uncommon for a hedge fund to require at least $100,000 or even as much as $1 million to participate.

>Unlike mutual funds, hedge funds avoid many of the regulations and requirements within the Securities Act of 1933. In exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires a majority of hedge fund investors to be accredited, which means possessing a net worth of more than $1 million and a sophisticated understanding of personal finance, investing and trading. These requirements exclude the vast majority of the investing public.

Read more: Can you invest in hedge funds? | Investopedia

http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/011915/can-you-invest-hedge-funds.asp#ixzz49xp0eeB8

>>178867
Put this at the top of the next thread, too.

>>178888
>>178889