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unhedged

  • a word derived from hedge.

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The Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index returned 8.17% for dollar unhedged investments last year, the best result since 2020.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

In other words, you might not make as much as the unhedged S&P on a good day, but you lose a lot less on its worst days.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Fuel savings from these measures will help Deutsche Lufthansa reduce the proportion of unhedged fuel—currently 20%—it still needs to purchase, amid significantly higher prices, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

He has consistently argued that asset allocations should include a 5% weighting in gold bullion and a 10% weighting in unhedged gold-mining stocks.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 19, 2026

Any adversary who is unscrupulous enough to give the least charitable reading to an unhedged statement will find an opening to attack the writer in a thicket of hedged ones anyway.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker