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hedge

[hej] / hɛdʒ /






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But ownership shifted from a family-controlled outfit to a hedge fund-controlled one.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

Brokers are profiting from commissions as buyers purchase financial derivatives to hedge against wild price swings in jet fuel, diesel and gasoline.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Activist hedge fund Jana Partners sent a letter demanding that contact-lens maker Cooper Cos. replace its chief executive.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Traders overwhelmingly expect the Fed to hike rates on Wednesday, with fed-funds futures — a trading instrument to hedge the path of Fed interest rates — reflecting more than a 90% chance of a hike.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

Prominent on the list was a hedge fund called FrontPoint Partners.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The listing makes note of the home’s many privacy features, describing it as a “private oasis” tucked behind “mature hedges and a private gate.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

He now lives on Indian Creek island behind dense hedges that prevent even his wealthy neighbors from peering into his estate—the only home like that on the island, one club member said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

The court previously heard Dyson had been living in his car outside Wright's cottage on Sheffield Road in Hoyland, often helping him with various jobs like cutting hedges, mending tractors and driving him to appointments.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

That plate went back and forth through the hedges between our houses for years.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

There’s plenty of cover for rabbits—standing corn, hedges and banks—but no real woodland: just great, open fields of light soil with big white flintstones.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

The volumes—Hillgrove hedged 3,600 metric tons over the 12 months—seem appropriate, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 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

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

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

But some are still hedging their bets rather than rushing for the exits.

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

Jet fuel prices will remain elevated over the July-December period, it forecast, vowing to pursue mitigating actions such as hedging for crude oil price changes.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Teens are hedging their bets by applying to more schools.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

You can already see some hedging in what he’s been saying about the race.

From Slate Aug. 15, 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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