"To hedge an investment" means taking steps to protect or minimize the potential risks and losses associated with that investment. It is like putting a safety measure in place to reduce the impact of any negative outcomes. Full definition
Due to this, everyone will want to spend time and money only in inflation hedge investments. (stockmonkeys.com)
Gold and other precious metals are inflation hedge investments as well. (stockmonkeys.com)
Our fully hedged investment position in stocks doesn't require any forecasts here - the prevailing combination of valuations and market action has historically produced unsatisfactory returns on average - and this is sufficient reason to be defensive. (hussmanfunds.com)