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hedge

[hej] / hɛdʒ /






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From an investing standpoint, maintaining broad commodity exposure in a portfolio offers investors a way to hedge against further increases in food and energy prices, said Wells Fargo’s Mendez.

From MarketWatch Sep. 13, 2026

"I got up, come down and the car is in my hedge."

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

GNP, a hedge against AI robots stealing all of the remaining sports jobs, but maybe also a rickety business propped up by advertising from gambling barons and their crazy cousins in the prediction markets.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

“These people are becoming mini hedge funds,” said Neil McDonald, U.S. chief executive at Moomoo.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

Jeb stooped to pick up a hedge apple and pitched it across the road.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

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

“We see hedges as inexpensive and like hedging against a hot print,” the analysts wrote.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 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

I skirted fields, and hedges, and lanes till after sunrise.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

"Most of the big airlines tell me they are well hedged so are paying last year's prices for this year's flights," he told BBC Radio Scotland's Mornings with Lucy Whyte.

From BBC Apr. 23, 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

I wasn’t sure if it was a trick question, and seeing how I didn’t want to derail our rock-a-thon of love with a wrong answer, I kind of hedged, although what I said was true.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

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

Family offices have interest in hedging risks related to weather or commodities such as crop outputs and oil prices, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

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

From Slate Aug. 15, 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

Two of the archers followed them, a wordless presence hedging them in.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




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