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hedge

[hej] / hɛdʒ /






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Some of the worst-hit AI stocks rebounded after news emerged that $20 billion AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness has sold the bulk of its stock portfolio to Citadel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Former OpenAI employee Leopold Aschenbrenner established his Situational Awareness hedge fund to great fanfare in 2024.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

It alleged that foreign hedge funds were behind the investigation in the hope of financial gain.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

David Sambur of Apollo was, the authors write, “a pit bull constantly in attack mode,” while Bruce Bennett, the hedge funds’ lawyer, “always had to have the last word.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

In Dallas, Texas, a former Bear Stearns bond salesman named Kyle Bass set up a hedge fund called Hayman Capital in mid-2006 and soon thereafter bought credit default swaps on subprime mortgage bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

If expectations of a stronger yen cause Japanese investors to increase their dollar hedges, the basis could move further into negative territory, signaling greater hedging demand and tighter dollar-funding conditions.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

Where beach shacks once stood, now you’ll find estates hidden behind hedges and marinas packed with yachts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

The study area included hedges, a cornfield, and a tree that stood between the hive and the food source, preventing a direct route.

From Science Daily Jun. 14, 2026

While other inflation hedges also fell, some analysts foresee a second-half gold rally if the U.S.-Iran crisis resolves.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

After three or four pheasants had fallen into the hedges, I said, “Can I try?”

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

In this way, you will be largely hedged against changes in interest rates across the credit spectrum.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Since the option of reducing its stake is hedged, there is limited downside risk, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 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

EasyJet, for example, hedged 80% of its fuel supply for the first half of the year at $717/tonne - but finding the remainder at prevailing prices cost the airline an extra £25m in March alone.

From BBC May 3, 2026

Any adversary who is unscrupulous enough to give the least charitable reading to an unhedged statement will find an opening to attack the writer in a thicket of hedged ones anyway.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Over the years, the S&P 500 and the cross-currency basis swap have moved in lockstep on multiple occasions, with periods of strong hedging demand coinciding with falling U.S. equity prices as liquidity shifted.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

Even after accounting for its hedging, Diamondback said gas sales remained negative 34 cents, on average.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Volatility of prices — which affects risk models, availability of credit and hedging costs — is high.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

There’s a lot of hedging going on, though the science is real, the photography spectacular and the girths of the subjects prompt impolite questions: Are you pregnant?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

After all, Montaigne never gave an example of heavenly inspiration, of divine intervention, without hedging it about with doubts and difficulties.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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