hedging
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6.6
- noun
- /ˈhɛdʒɪŋ/
- Specialized
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cobertura
- Many companies employ hedging techniques to guard against fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.
So it's, it's, it's about hedging our risks.
- So it's, it's, it's about hedging our risks.
- I'm going to invest right now and I'm actually going to do what's called hedging because guess what Ray Dalio's firm is?
- And so working with these data, one can then, you know, consider problems of of hedging sort of refinery production risks.
- So myself and a number of friends I know, we rationalize doing lots of things as hedging.
Examples
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So that's the idea of using option as a hedging mechanism.
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banks, and how banks are hedging their loan books.
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So these investments have the purpose of hedging, not the purpose of cash flow.
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So it's, it's, it's about hedging our risks.
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You're buying a forward contract to fly on that date that is hedging your price risk associated with that air travel.
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Hedging is a common strategy used by investors to minimize potential losses in the stock market through hedging their investments.
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By investing in gold as a hedging strategy, the fund aims to protect its portfolio from economic downturns.
Synonyms
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2.0
Government actions that try to keep local businesses safe from foreign competition
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A way to reduce financial loss by taking opposite investments
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4.0
A way to protect someone or something from harm
Antonyms
- Specialized
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5.5
Buying things like shares or houses that are risky to try to make a large profit
How Protective
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
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6.1
∞
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- Specialized
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5.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hedging comes from the idea of a hedge, a low fence or row of bushes used to protect a field. In finance, hedging is like putting a fence around your investment to protect it, so you reduce the chance of big losses.