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• Risk — takers redirects here. For the Canadian television program, see Risk Takers. For other uses, see Risk (disambiguation). Risk is the potential that a chosen action or activity (including the choice of inaction) will lead to a loss (an undesirable… …   Wikipedia

• hedging — hedg·ing n: the practice of engaging in offsetting financial transactions to reduce losses Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. hedging …   Law dictionary

• Risk arbitrage — Risk arbitrage, or merger arbitrage, is an investment or trading strategy often associated with hedge funds. Two principal types of merger are possible: a cash merger, and a stock merger. In a cash merger, an acquirer proposes to purchase the… …   Wikipedia

• Risk (magazine) — Risk is a magazine covering financial risk management and the global derivatives markets. It includes papers on option pricing and hedging, market risk, credit risk, swaps and Monte Carlo methods.It was founded by Peter Field in 1987. It was… …   Wikipedia

• Risk Accounting — steht für ein Konzept zur risikobezogenen oder abhängigen Bilanzierung und Bewertung finanzieller Vermögenswerte und Schulden eines Unternehmens. Während Accounting im Allgemeinen die (zumeist gesetzlich normierten) Standardregeln zur… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• hedging — The practice of offsetting the price risk inherent in any cash market position by taking an equal but opposite position in the futures market. Hedgers use the futures markets to protect their business from adverse price changes. Selling ( Short)… …   Financial and business terms

• Hedging — A strategy designed to reduce investment risk using call options, put options, short selling, or futures contracts. A hedge can help lock in existing profits. Its purpose is to reduce the volatility of a portfolio, by reducing the risk of loss.… …   Financial and business terms

• hedging — Method of reducing the risk of loss caused by price fluctuation. It consists of the purchase or sale of equal quantities of the same or very similar commodities in two different markets at approximately the same time, with the expectation that a… …   Universalium

• Hedging Transaction — A type of transaction that limits investment risk with the use of derivatives, such as options and futures contracts. Hedging transactions purchase opposite positions in the market in order to ensure a certain amount of gain or loss on a trade.… …   Investment dictionary

• risk elimination — The complete removal of a *risk. Unlike *risk avoidance, risk elimination does not necessarily imply nonengagement in (or disengagement from) an activity or *market. Risk elimination techniques can be costly. For example, an organization can… …   Auditor's dictionary

• hedging — noun 1. any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change • Syn: ↑hedge • Hypernyms: ↑security, ↑protection 2. an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous… …   Useful english dictionary