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[hej] / hɛdʒ /






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Gold is likely a potential hedge against duration exposure and currency debasement, as debt and inflation keep long-term yields higher, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Truist Chief Investment Officer Keith Lerner thinks smaller stocks could act as a hedge against “sharp tech-led rotations.”

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

By contrast, Hilton presented himself as the “more cosmopolitan” candidate who “can talk to the hedge fund manager or the small-business owner or the Sacramento lobbyist,” said Klink said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The hedge fund founder and environmental activist spent $216 million of his own money on his campaign, and now joins the legion of other high-profile, self-funding candidates rejected by California voters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Most bought this insurance on subprime mortgages not as an outright bet against them but as a hedge against their implicit bet on them—their portfolios of U.S. real estate– related stocks or bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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