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hedge

[hej] / hɛdʒ /






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That refers to systematic strategies employed by hedge funds and other big investors automatically buying when volatility is down.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

One house can’t have a wall higher than 42 inches due to city rules, while another sits behind a towering hedge.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

The book is about hedge fund Long Term Capital Management, which collapsed in 1998 with possibly the highest-IQ team ever, including two Nobel Prize winners.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

That trade has since unwound dramatically, leaving growth more than two standard deviations oversold relative to value, partly because of the recent blowup of the AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

But then I read the news that a little-known New York hedge fund manager named John Paulson had made $20 billion or so for his investors and nearly $4 billion for himself.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Outside, the home features a glittering lap pool that overlooks the ocean, while hedges that border the 1-acre property help to ensure complete privacy from prying eyes, something that Doherty is said to have prized.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 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

Expertly crafted clippers for his Saturday morning ritual of shaping hedges and deadheading blooms.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

WhiteHawk hedges 90% of its commodity price risk for the next 12 months and targets paying 75% of cash as dividends.

From Barron's Jun. 9, 2026

Later that day, Ira was cleaning up the station yard when he found a green bathing suit, a pair of white sneakers, a pair of white socks, and a shirt in the hedges.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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

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

To simplify, being delta neutral means option dealers will shift their holdings of the underlying asset as option prices move in order to maintain a hedged position.

From MarketWatch Apr. 20, 2026

The carrier said it has 70% of summer jet fuel hedged, warning of volatility for its unhedged position.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

“Six isn’t exactly a lucky number,” I hedged.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Hence, the current level of its hedging has been raised to 40% of the airline’s total amount of fuel usage in 2H, the analysts note.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

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

“I think of it as a hedging strategy.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

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

Each man was hedging his bets on the hereafter by preparing his private papers for posterity, the one place where they knew their prospects of immortality were assured.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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