hedge
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The scale is extraordinary: The Dallas Fed estimates hedge funds ended last year with $2.4 trillion of Treasurys, up from $600 billion a decade earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Jane Street, the powerhouse Wall Street trading firm, lost about $15 billion in July partly due to the troubles at hedge fund Situational Awareness, according to people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Pershing Square Capital Management exited its position in Hertz after the company announced an equity offering in June, the hedge fund says.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The hedge fund manager has added Visa, Mastercard, Netflix and three other new investments to his portfolios.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
They crept along under cover of the hedge towards the big dwelling of the mouse folk.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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They can also game financial regulations with interest-rate hedges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Mortgage companies often make hedges against their portfolios of mortgages, which change in value with interest rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
That plate went back and forth through the hedges between our houses for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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
Then he looked about him, as if the hedges might have ears.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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A puma named Muluk seemed sure that South Korea will triumph against the Czech Republic, and six giraffes hedged their bets with the Democratic Republic of Congo over Colombia.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 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
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
On the eastern side, in the angle of two piers, there was a great door, high above the ground; and over it was a shuttered window, opening upon a balcony hedged with iron bars.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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You can already see some hedging in what he’s been saying about the race.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
“We see hedges as inexpensive and like hedging against a hot print,” the analysts wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
“While recent times have seen the market grow cautious of hedging in general, it is still incumbent upon companies to ensure appropriate risk mitigation,” the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
However, the market has now returned to a positive-gamma regime, meaning market-maker hedging flows move against the market’s direction and can help dampen volatility.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
I’ve been around the block enough times to know when someone’s hedging.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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