Futures were originally created in order for farmers to
hedge against the changes in prices of their crops between planting and harvest time.
And, dividends may also provide a modest potential
hedge against changes in nominal GDP growth, should the economy decelerate unexpectedly.
Most companies
hedge against changes in the exchange rate, but it's hard to guard against shifts as rapid as what's happened to the Canadian dollar in recent weeks.
They were born from a need for farmers to
hedge against changes in the prices of crops, between planting and harvesting.
Futures were originally created to help farmers
hedge against changes in the prices of their crops between when they were planted and sold.
Enbridge also
hedges against changes in interest rates and foreign exchange, further reducing the risk of investing in this company.
Hedging against changes in European currencies only works in your favour when the value of those currencies drops, compared to the Canadian dollar.
Hedging against changes in the U.S. dollar only works in your favour when the value of the U.S. dollar drops in relation to the Canadian currency.
Not exact matches
Managed care could also stand to benefit from any
change to drug pricing, making it a potentially attractive
hedge against risks to biotech and pharmaceuticals.
A combination of Tesla and SolarCity will create a tightly integrated solar and battery combination that will provide grid - independent, renewable backup power today, and a
hedge for customers
against future
changes to net metering.
The words are a useful
hedge against an unexpected economic stumble, but they are above all an implicit warning
against the alleged risks of a
change of government.
Li is one of hundreds of millions of Chinese farmers who are now using insurance as a tool to
hedge against the risks of climate
change.
For this they will need versatility i.e. breadth as a
hedge against rapidly
changing conditions, an increased capability i.e. depth to engage with complex challenges, along with a diverse set of competencies such as adaptability, increased collaboration between cultures, etc. towards the goal of a sustainable humanity via fulfilled individuals.
In the intro, I go into some pertinent publishing news: Kobo has become Tolino's tech partner, which makes it a much bigger player in the growing German ebook market; Amazon is opening a bookstore in New York City; while Barnes & Noble reported a 9 % decline in sales over the holiday period, there's discussion on the impact of the All Romance Ebooks closure, and once again, I talk about the importance of multiple streams of income, as well as multi - currency / multi-country income in order to weather the
changes undoubtedly ahead and
hedge against potential economic
changes.
So it's equivalent to saving in an ISA, but with the added benefit that you are effectively «
hedged»
against rental
changes.
By
hedging against bear markets and seeking to generate cash flow through option premium, we believe we have fundamentally
changed the risk / return profile of emerging markets.
Large companies use
hedging strategies to protect themselves
against price
changes in raw materials that could hurt profits.
For example, despite the fame of bonds as one of the best
hedges against stock movements, as this graph from Ferri shows, the correlation between stocks and bonds is imperfect and has
changed substantially over time.
But history tells us that more often, stocks have provided a potential
hedge against rapid inflation
changes.
But history tells us that more often, stocks have provided a
hedge against rapid inflation
changes.
This is not to say that bonds are a perfect
hedge against rapid
changes in inflation.
A fair value
hedge lets a business
hedge the value of its fixed - rate liability
against interest rate
changes in the market by swapping to a variable - rate liability.
A cash flow
hedge lets a business
hedge the uncertainty of cash outflow in interest payments on its variable - rate liability
against changes in market interest rates by swapping to a fixed - rate liability.
Since then, it has assumed an additional role as a safe haven — a
hedge against stock market
changes.
I should also add that should a trade go
against me more than 500 pips I usually open a
hedge and will keep that
hedge open til either a validated trend
change or back to the BE point of the
hedge.
By participating in derivative securities, the Fund may attempt to
hedge (protect)
against currency risk which is the risk that the value of foreign securities may be affected by
changes in currency exchange rates.
It's best to diversify mileage holdings as a
hedge against revenue - based
changes and look to some international programs for outsized value.
So if there is a real, though unquantifiably small, possibility of catastrophic climate
change, and if we would ideally want some technological
hedges as insurance
against this unlikely scenario, and if raising the price of carbon to induce private economic actors to develop the technologies would be an enormously more expensive means of accomplishing this than would be advisable, then what, if anything, should we do about the danger?
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One more bit of good news: preserving forested land is a
hedge against global climate
change.
2d 792, No. 08 - 964 (2010)(LII), in which all nine judges agreed that there should be no patent for a method by which commodities traders in the energy market could
hedge against the risk of price
changes.
So consider presenting an R&D initiative as a type of «
hedge»
against market
changes, a way to mitigate the impact of an unexpected turn of events.
With tax rates constantly
changing, life insurance can also function as a
hedge against future tax rate hikes.
Futures contracts were originally implemented as a way for farmers to
hedge against the ever -
changing prices of their crops between the time that they planted them in the time that they harvested them and brought them to market.
«It might never make it to market, and plenty could
change before it does,» he said, «Consider it Apple's «just in case / Plan B»
hedge against ever - growing Android phone screen sizes.»
It's a risk management tool, often used in financial markets to
hedge against the risk of
changing prices of assets that are bought and sold on a regular basis.
Executive Consulting Services, City • ST 2005 — 2009 Business Consultant Managed vertical diversification that supported growth and
hedge against economic impacts, evaluated and directed
change in all deficient company practices that supported consecutive improvement, and consulted on potential sale or acquisition of company.
To protect
against interest - rate risk, Fannie Mae uses derivatives that rise and fall in value with rate
changes, though the long - term economic impact of the
hedging is negligible.
Those economic data should bode well for commercial real estate, which is often viewed as a
hedge against inflation due to the fact that leases include escalation clauses that often mimic
changes in the Consumer Price Index.