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[hej] / hɛdʒ /






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Something has to give, and bond selling led to more bond selling as hedge funds and others who had bought into France for the “carry,” or higher yield, were dislodged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Of that total, $6 million has come from Aaron Sosnick, a hedge fund manager with a Reno address, who has been pushing for an expansion of the city’s bike lane network.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Institutional heavyweights like hedge funds are accelerating the trend.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

After a tough few weeks for the stock market, the equity exposure of hedge funds has fallen to the point where JPMorgan feels confident the downside is now limited.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

“My mom topped the cedar hedge with this stuff three weeks ago. I’m still sleeping with my windows closed.”

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

In the last two tree-planting seasons, the Lancashire Woodland Partnership has planted almost 500,000 trees and more than 27,233 metres of new hedges.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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

“I know’d my name to be Magwitch, chrisen’d Abel. How did I know it? Much as I know’d the birds’ names in the hedges to be chaffinch, sparrer, thrush.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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

Asked if there is any salvation for the world’s Coke Zero drinkers, Jordan Trumble, a Diet Coke acolyte and Episcopal priest in West Virginia, thoughtfully hedged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 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 £25m in March alone.

From BBC ● May 3, 2026

He recited the line from memory: “‘The Lomas Financial Corporation is a perfectly hedged financial institution: it loses money in every conceivable interest rate environment.’

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

“It’s totally plausible that the hedging behavior associated with this activity is one of the factors that is suppressing intraday moves,” said Garrett DeSimone, head of quantitative research at OptionMetrics, during a conversation with MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 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

Net interest income rose 3.3% to $1.3 billion, driven in part by fixed-rate asset turnover, average loan growth, higher hedging income and credit interest recoveries, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

There are no trees to give shelter overhead, only the forest hedging the camp.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper


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