Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• LONG HEDGE
  
  the purchase of futures contracts to compensate for a rise in the price of a commodity or financial instrument. A long hedge is often used to lock in the yield (or cost) of an anticipated cash market purchase or to "shorten" the maturity of a liability.
  
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