Hedge (finance) - Types of Hedging

Types of Hedging

Hedging can be used in many different ways including foreign exchange trading The stock example above is a "classic" sort of hedge, known in the industry as a pairs trade due to the trading on a pair of related securities. As investors became more sophisticated, along with the mathematical tools used to calculate values (known as models), the types of hedges have increased greatly.

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