Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• HEDGE - 1. Verb— To reduce risk or behavior that reduces risk from future price movements. 2. Noun — A ...
  
  
• HEDGE ACCOUNTING - Deferring recognition of unrealized gains and losses from a hedge instrument until t...
  
  
• HEDGE CLAUSE - A clause in a research report or any published document, that attempts to absolve the wr...
  
  
• HEDGE EFFECTIVENESS - The extent to which a hedge transaction results in the offsetting changes in valu...
  
  
• HEDGE FUND - An investment vehicle that somewhat resembles a mutual fund, but with a number of importan...
  
  
• HEDGE FUND TYPES - Are numerous. They reflect different investment styles, product lines, and geographi...
  
  
• HEDGE FUNDS - Are alternative investment vehicles. Hedge fund trading styles are quite variable from on...
  
  
• HEDGE PROPERTIES - Are features considered necessary for a good risk management position. There are fou...
  
  
• HEDGE QUALITY - Measured by the R-square in a regression of spot rate changes on futures price changes.
  
  
• HEDGE RATIO - 1. Ratio of the value of futures contracts purchased or sold to the value of the cash com...