A hedge refers to an investment position primarily intended to offset potential losses that may be incurred by a companion investment. Some of the possible drivers for an investment of hedge include various types of ETFs, forward contracts, options, swaps, stocks, insurance, over-the-counter and derivative products, futures contracts. In the 19th century, Public futures markets were established to allow transparent, standardized, and efficient hedging of agricultural commodity prices; since then it has expanded to include futures contracts for hedging the values of energy, precious metals, foreign currency, and interest rate fluctuations.
Hedging strategies
Some typical examples of hedging include:
- Forward exchange contract for currencies
- Future contracts for interest
- Currency future contracts
- Money Market Operations for currencies
- Money Market Operations for interest
- Forward Exchange Contract for interest
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