hedge

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As the person selling the put would usually sell the stock to hedge risk, this probably contributed to the tumble in the ETF, which subsequently closed at $4.90.

From The Wall Street Journal

“That reduces speculation,” Lundin said, adding that margin increases have been tracking the rally in gold and silver this year, but that they also increase hedging costs for end users of the commodity.

From MarketWatch

Gold and silver are physical stores of value that investors can view as a hedge against the U.S. dollar, and both metals have grown shinier as the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cuts have weakened the dollar.

From Barron's

Gold and silver are physical stores of value that investors can view as a hedge against the U.S. dollar, and both metals have grown shinier as the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cuts have weakened the dollar.

From Barron's

It also will likely test the market’s conviction on silver’s longer-term thesis as both a hedge against inflation currency debasement as well as an industrial play on new technologies powering global growth.

From Barron's