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hedge

[hej] / hɛdʒ /






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Two similar periods to the post-Liberation Day bounce are the ones after hedge fund Long Term Capital Management had to be rescued in 1998 and the Covid panic in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Nelson Peltz’s hedge fund Trian Fund Management is offering to buy fast-food chain Wendy’s WEN -0.81%decrease; down pointing triangle for around $1.4 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

However, if you’re using I-bonds the way they were intended, as an inflation hedge, it shouldn’t matter that much to you.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Meyrick Chapman, principal and founder of Hedge Analytics, commented on “massive U.S. equity hedge fund dislocation on Thursday in particular.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

This was a signal to bombard Lippmann with accusatory questions: If it’s such a great idea, why don’t you quit Deutsche Bank and start a hedge fund and make a fortune for yourself?

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Norwegian’s fuel price per metric ton, net of hedges increased to $819 from $744 in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Since the building sits next to hedges on two sides, she didn’t cover the whole thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

A bank or broker steps in to sell them that contract in exchange for a fee, and then hedges its exposure by buying stocks or derivatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The SFI scheme is vital for many farmers who have turned large swathes of their land over to nature-friendly schemes, such as planting hedges, creating wildflower margins and protecting the soil.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

But for the most part, these traces were obliterated, with the hedges running wild and native trees—slippery elm and tamarack—outnumbering the quince and Japanese maple.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

A hedged forecast had become an industry consensus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Astoria launched a hedged growth fund for separately managed accounts in late 2020 that offers strategies similar to buffered ETFs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

"Most of the big airlines tell me they are well hedged so are paying last year's prices for this year's flights," he told BBC Radio Scotland's Mornings with Lucy Whyte.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

While Steyer and Xavier Becerra, the former California attorney general, both said they would support such a ban, the remaining three candidates hedged or said they would not.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

“Now, don’t you worry about costs,” he hedged.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

“Less issuance can ease the Treasury selling tied to hedging new deals,” said Vincent Ahn, portfolio manager at SLW Investments.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Further ecological mitigation proposed included use of bat boxes, a lighting plan with "properly positioned and shielded lighting minimising light spill", standard trees and 20 smaller trees and hedging.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

That kind of hedging is the danger of making friends mad.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

Higher prices now “will start to bleed into those hedging plans, and that will ultimately bleed into the end consumers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The second subsection reviews three issues: the problem of focusing on a description of professional activity rather than an exposition of subject matter, the overuse of apologetic language, and the disadvantages of excessive hedging.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker


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