currency hedging — currency hedge UK US noun [C] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET ► an agreement to buy a currency at a particular rate in the future. Companies that export goods use currency hedges to be certain about the amount they will receive for particular goods when… … Financial and business terms
Hedge (finance) — For other uses, see Hedge (disambiguation). Finance Financial markets … Wikipedia
Hedge — A transaction that reduces the risk of an investment. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. hedge hedge 1 [hedʒ] noun [countable] FINANCE something that gives you protection against a financial risk, for example futures (= agreements… … Financial and business terms
hedge — (1) Verb To reduce risk or behavior that reduces risk from future price movements. (2) Noun A transaction undertaken to reduce risk by offsetting the risk in another transaction. The risk in one position is hedged by counterbalancing it with the… … Financial and business terms
Hedge — Hedge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hedged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hedging}.] 1. To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a field or garden. [1913 Webster] 2. To obstruct, as a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Currency overlay — is a financial trading strategy or method conducted by specialist firms who manage the currency exposures of large clients, typically institutions such as pension funds, endowments and corporate entities. Typically the institution will have a pre … Wikipedia
hedge against something — ˈhedge against sth derived to do sth to protect yourself against problems, especially against losing money • a way of hedging against currency risks Main entry: ↑hedgederived … Useful english dictionary
Hedge fund — A hedge fund is a private investment fund open to a limited range of investors which is permitted by regulators to undertake a wider range of activities than other investment funds and which pays a performance fee to its investment manager.… … Wikipedia
Currency risk — Categories of financial risk Credit risk Concentration risk Market risk Interest rate risk Currency risk Equity risk Commodity risk Liquidity risk Refinancing risk … Wikipedia
Currency Warrants — A financial instrument used to hedge currency risk or speculate on currency fluctuations in foreign exchange markets. A currency warrant, like other option derivatives, gets its value from the underlying exchange rate the warrant s value goes up… … Investment dictionary
