Steve Cohen (businessman)

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/steve-cohen--businessman-

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Steve Cohen (businessman) born?June 11, 1956
2. Who is Steve Cohen?Steve Cohen is a famous businessman who started a big money‑trading company and later bought a baseball team.
3. What did he do with money?He started S.A.C. Capital Advisors and later Point72, trading stocks to make a lot of money.

Hedge Fund: A pooled investment fund, typically structured as a limited partnership, that uses a variety of strategies to generate returns for its investors.
Insider Trading: The illegal practice of trading securities based on material, non-public information, violating fiduciary duties and securities laws.
Major League Baseball (MLB): The premier professional baseball organization in North America, comprising the National League and the American League, with 30 teams.
Alpha (Finance): A measure of an investment's performance relative to a benchmark index, representing the excess return generated by a portfolio manager.