| 单词 | hedging | ||||||
| 释义 | hedginghedgeH0121500 (hĕj)
hedginghedging,in commerce, method by which traders use two counterbalancing investment strategies so as to minimize any losses caused by price fluctuations. It is generally used by traders on the commodities marketcommodity market,organized traders' exchange in which standardized, graded products are bought and sold. Worldwide, there are more than 20 major commodity exchanges and many smaller ones that trade commodities, ranging from grains and beans, coffee, tea, and cocoa, and cotton ..... Click the link for more information. . Typically, hedging involves a trader contracting to buy or sell one particular good at the time of the contract and also to buy or sell the same (or similar) commodity at a later date. In a simple example, a miller may buy wheat that is to be converted into flour. At the same time, the miller will contract to sell an equal amount of wheat, which the miller does not presently own, to another trader. The miller agrees to deliver the second lot of wheat at the time the flour is ready for market and at the price current at the time of the agreement. If the price of wheat declines during the period between the miller's purchase of the grain and the flour's entrance onto the market, there will also be a resulting drop in the price of flour. That loss must be sustained by the miller. However, since the miller has a contract to sell wheat at the older, higher price, the miller makes up for this loss on the flour sale by the gain on the wheat sale. Hedging is also employed by stock and bond traders, export-import traders, and some manufacturers. See also hedge fundhedge fund, in finance, a largely unregulated investment device with a relatively small number of investors that aims to outperform the markets. Originating in the 1950s, the funds "hedge" by offsetting "short" positions (borrowing a security and then selling it at a higher ..... Click the link for more information. . Hedgingin capitalist countries, a method of insuring prices and profits by selling or buying futures—that is, contracts to deliver or receive commodities at a future time—in commodity markets. Since fluctuations in the market prices of commodities and the prices of futures tend to offset one another, hedging protects the capitalist, to a certain degree, against losses resulting from price changes on the commodity market. hedgingHedgingHedgeHedging.Hedging is an investment technique designed to offset a potential loss on one investment by purchasing a second investment that you expect to perform in the opposite way. For example, you might sell short one stock, expecting its price to drop. At the same time, you might buy a call option on the same stock as insurance against a large increase in value. hedgingthe act of reducing uncertainty about future (unknown) price movements in a COMMODITY (rubber, tea, etc.), FINANCIAL SECURITY (share, stock etc.) and FOREIGN CURRENCY. This can be done by undertaking forward sales or purchases of the commodity, security or currency in the FORWARD MARKET; or by taking out an OPTION which limits the option holder's exposure to price fluctuations. See EXCHANGE RATE EXPOSURE. HEDGE FUND.hedgingthe act of reducing uncertainty about future (unknown) price movements in a COMMODITY (rubber, tea, etc.), FINANCIAL SECURITY (share, stock, etc.) or FOREIGN CURRENCY. This can be done by undertaking forward sales or purchases of the commodity, security or currency in the FUTURES MARKET, or by taking out an OPTION that limits the option-holder'sexposure to price fluctuations. See EXCHANGE RATE EXPOSURE. hedging
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