The original poster probably doesn't meet the requirements for investing in hedge funds &#60;<a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/mutual-funds/2006/02/28/are-you-a-qualified-investor.aspx&#62" rel="nofollow">http://www.fool.com/investing/mutual-funds/2006/02/28/are-yo...</a>; and they don't take $24k investments anyway.