hedge
Example Sentences
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When they cut risk they sold stocks they owned and bought back those they had sold short—leading to unusual swings in stocks popular with hedge funds.
Double-digit earnings growth and significant hedging by traders could mean a rerun of the rebound seen after last year’s Tariff Tantrum.
From Barron's
It may also mean traders are hedging their risk—offsetting long positions with short ones to ensure they don’t incur big losses if oil reverses.
From Barron's
The companies’ pre-bailout common and preferred shares continued to trade after the government intervention, and hedge funds and other investors snapped up the stock in the years after the crisis.
From Barron's
He can stay, which raises an uncomfortable question: What would it take for America’s Gulf allies to stop hedging their bets?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
