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• present participle of hedge.

hedging

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1. The practice by which a business or investor limits risk by taking positions that tend to offset each other. For example, a business stands to lose money if the price of a commodity it holds declines, but it can offset this risk by agreeing to sell a specified amount of the commodity at a set price at some point in the future.

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Hedge funds, which are investment funds usually open only to the very wealthy, grew in the 1990s. The near failure of one such fund in 1998, Long-Term Capital Management, sent shock waves through Wall Street.

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Loh says lower alumina prices could also allow Press Metal to reduce hedging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

We’re continuing to see high demand around pre-issuance hedging particularly from investment grade issuers, partly driven by these market movements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 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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