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Minor remark: one major selling point of (some) hedge funds is low correlation with other investments, not huge returns.

Right. The name comes from precisely that.

That's dated. "Hedge funds" once did that, but now they're just unregulated funds for "sophisticated investors", which includes pension funds.

Not all (or most) hedge funds do that, but my understanding is that there are still hedge funds that do.