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average price, and buy more stoc 14. Some hedge funds buy when prices rise, helping to drive prices up further, then they sell Other hedge funds buy when prices fall, helping to stop the decline in prices; then they sell Both of these practices are examples of "hedging." 15. In the US credit default swap market there are no restrictions on who can buy a swap, and purchasers can re-sell their swaps to third parties, but there is a requirement that initial swap sellers must be capable of paying off the swap if there is a default. 16. Hedge funds are private partnerships that are largely unregulated, yet the government allows them to impose withdrawal restrictions on investors. 17. Despite the poor investment performance of hedge funds since 2009, money has continued to sovereign wealth investment funds (c) large insurance companies (d) private equity firms pour into the hedge funds, primarily from (a) large public employee pension plans (b) foreign 18. Research on the factors that drive up the price of gold has found that the major driver is (a) global political uncertainty (b) the inflation rate in the US and Europe (c) changes in jewelry demand in China and India (d) no major factor; there is no rhyme or reason for why the price c gold increases 19. One of the benefits of buying gold through an "exchange traded fund" is that your shares i the fund can always be redeemed for gold if you want physical possession of your bullion 20. In a private equity firm, the "limited partners" (a) provide the firm with the money it uses buy up distressed companies (b) pay fees to the "general partners" equal to 20% of the profit they make on their investment (c) get their initial investment back only if they no longer war be limited partners in the firm (d) all of the above