Hedge
noun
A fence or boundary made from a line of closely planted shrubs or low trees.
She trimmed the hedge around her property.
Often appears as...
- hedge trimming
- hedge planting
verb
To limit or restrict something, often in a way that is not obvious.
He tried to hedge his bets by placing money on each team.
Often appears as...
- hedge bets
- hedge risks
noun
A method of limiting financial risk.
They used a hedge to protect their investment against inflation.
Often appears as...
- hedge fund
- hedge position
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To avoid giving a clear answer to a question.
He hedged when asked about his future plans.
Often appears as...
- hedge question
- hedge issue
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
An act of hedging, as to lessen risk or to hinder or obstruct.
He made a hedge against potential loss.
Often appears as...
- make a hedge
- place a hedge
noun
A fence or boundary made from a line of closely planted shrubs or low trees.
She trimmed the hedge around her property.
Often appears as...
- hedge trimming
- hedge planting
verb
To limit or restrict something, often in a way that is not obvious.
He tried to hedge his bets by placing money on each team.
Often appears as...
- hedge bets
- hedge risks
noun
A method of limiting financial risk.
They used a hedge to protect their investment against inflation.
Often appears as...
- hedge fund
- hedge position
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To avoid giving a clear answer to a question.
He hedged when asked about his future plans.
Often appears as...
- hedge question
- hedge issue
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
An act of hedging, as to lessen risk or to hinder or obstruct.
He made a hedge against potential loss.
Often appears as...
- make a hedge
- place a hedge
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Descriptor
Use 'hedge' to describe a natural fence creating privacy or boundary.
They planted a hedge for more backyard privacy.
Pro Tip 2/3Garden Vocabulary
'Hedge' is often used in the context of gardening and landscaping.
The gardeners are coming over for some hedge trimming.
Pro Tip 3/3Nature Barrier
A 'hedge' can be a habitat for wildlife, providing context for environmental topics.
Birds nested in the lush green hedge.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Descriptor
Use 'hedge' to describe a natural fence creating privacy or boundary.
They planted a hedge for more backyard privacy.
Pro Tip 2/3Garden Vocabulary
'Hedge' is often used in the context of gardening and landscaping.
The gardeners are coming over for some hedge trimming.
Pro Tip 3/3Nature Barrier
A 'hedge' can be a habitat for wildlife, providing context for environmental topics.
Birds nested in the lush green hedge.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Descriptor
Use 'hedge' to describe a natural fence creating privacy or boundary.
They planted a hedge for more backyard privacy.
Pro Tip 2/3Garden Vocabulary
'Hedge' is often used in the context of gardening and landscaping.
The gardeners are coming over for some hedge trimming.
Pro Tip 3/3Nature Barrier
A 'hedge' can be a habitat for wildlife, providing context for environmental topics.
Birds nested in the lush green hedge.
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Video examples
Rock-Climbing China: A...
around and just bear hugging a stalactite and like when I say do your hedges at one point out yeah kind of like I was just like hey just kind of like did like one of these that one yeah all right I got it and like when I say bear hugging I mean like fully wrapping your legs like around and hugging these tufas for dear life because you know
Video examples
The mathematician who...
and perhaps the financial industry in general? Kind of being on a runaway train that's -- I don't know -- helping increase inequality? How would you champion what's happening in the hedge fund industry? I think in the last three or four years, hedge funds have not done especially well. We've done dandy,
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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita...
that this sort of technology can be applied to. And the reason that being able to predict those things is important, is not just because you might run a hedge fund and make money off of it, but because if you can predict what people will do, you can engineer what they will do.
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Jacqueline Novogratz:...
lives of real purpose and follow real dreams. I look around at my siblings and my cousins -- and as I said, there are a lot of us -- and I see teachers and musicians, hedge fund managers, designers. One sister who makes other people's wishes come true.
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Didier Sornette: How we...
There might be a crash. Certainly not sustainable. Now, how do you believe the very smart, very motivated, very informed macro hedge fund managers reacted to this prediction? You know, they had made billions just surfing this bubble until now.
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Advice from the world’s...
takeaway from all this what is your takeaway from all this good question your takeaway is that the the freaky marginal nooks and crannies of the world that is where you're gonna get creative opportunities not by becoming a hedge
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What coronavirus means...
are what holds countries together, even more so than banks and hedge funds? And if so, as part of the rebuilding, can we build an economy that raises their interest higher?" Those -- The heroes are those kind of people.
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On reading the Koran -...
but in a very specific context the anticipated conquest of the sanctuary city of mecca where fighting was usually forbidden and the permission comes hedged about with qualifiers not you must kill unbelievers in mecca
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My failed mission to...
they were hedging their bets. The second commonality was just as curious, but far more humbling. Virtually everyone -- the stranger on the subway, the guy at the coffee shop, the lawyer down the hall,
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Mazes: Key to Brain...
you become mazes are quite literally explored in landscape architecture so in gardens the hedge mazes but very rarely in in building architecture mazes exists
Video examples
Rock-Climbing China: A...
around and just bear hugging a stalactite and like when I say do your hedges at one point out yeah kind of like I was just like hey just kind of like did like one of these that one yeah all right I got it and like when I say bear hugging I mean like fully wrapping your legs like around and hugging these tufas for dear life because you know
Video examples
The mathematician who...
and perhaps the financial industry in general? Kind of being on a runaway train that's -- I don't know -- helping increase inequality? How would you champion what's happening in the hedge fund industry? I think in the last three or four years, hedge funds have not done especially well. We've done dandy,
Video examples
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita...
that this sort of technology can be applied to. And the reason that being able to predict those things is important, is not just because you might run a hedge fund and make money off of it, but because if you can predict what people will do, you can engineer what they will do.
Video examples
Jacqueline Novogratz:...
lives of real purpose and follow real dreams. I look around at my siblings and my cousins -- and as I said, there are a lot of us -- and I see teachers and musicians, hedge fund managers, designers. One sister who makes other people's wishes come true.
Video examples
Didier Sornette: How we...
There might be a crash. Certainly not sustainable. Now, how do you believe the very smart, very motivated, very informed macro hedge fund managers reacted to this prediction? You know, they had made billions just surfing this bubble until now.
Video examples
Advice from the world’s...
takeaway from all this what is your takeaway from all this good question your takeaway is that the the freaky marginal nooks and crannies of the world that is where you're gonna get creative opportunities not by becoming a hedge
Video examples
What coronavirus means...
are what holds countries together, even more so than banks and hedge funds? And if so, as part of the rebuilding, can we build an economy that raises their interest higher?" Those -- The heroes are those kind of people.
Video examples
On reading the Koran -...
but in a very specific context the anticipated conquest of the sanctuary city of mecca where fighting was usually forbidden and the permission comes hedged about with qualifiers not you must kill unbelievers in mecca
Video examples
My failed mission to...
they were hedging their bets. The second commonality was just as curious, but far more humbling. Virtually everyone -- the stranger on the subway, the guy at the coffee shop, the lawyer down the hall,
Video examples
Mazes: Key to Brain...
you become mazes are quite literally explored in landscape architecture so in gardens the hedge mazes but very rarely in in building architecture mazes exists
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Joe Swanberg
American Actor
On a really big budget movie you do chemistry reads, and you sort of hedge your bets a little bit more and make sure that these people get along. But on the low budget side of things, I have to trust my gut that when I cast these people, the various elements are going to play together.
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Gary Weiss
American Journalist
There are a lot worse things you can do with all your bucks than giving them to even a mediocre mutual fund - such as, for example, giving them to a mediocre hedge fund. If supporting the lifestyle of a mediocre fund manager is your favorite charity, who am I to stop you?
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Limahl
English Musician
My siblings and I had to earn our own pocket money so from the age of about 10 I had a job. I did a paper round, helped with the farmer's delivery at the weekend, cut hedges for neighbours and worked on a market stall. Then I'd go and buy a record with my hard-won money.
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Anthony Goldbloom
American Businessman
If competition for Kaggle's top talent becomes fierce enough among banks, insurance companies, hedge funds - we hope the world's best data scientists will earn more than $50 million per year, just like the world's best hedge fund managers.
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Julian Robertson
American Businessman
In baseball, you can hit 40 home runs on a single-A-league team and never get paid a thing. But in a hedge fund, you get paid on your batting average. So you go to the worst league you can find, where there's the least competition.
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Stephanie Ruhle
American Journalist
In banking, it was my responsibility to deliver investment opportunities and solutions to hedge fund clients, and at Bloomberg, it's my job to break down news that matters to our viewers and readers.
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Stephen A. Schwarzman
American Businessman
It's important that we educate Americans about how hedge funds and private equity play completely different roles.
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Joseph Stiglitz
American Economist
Hedge funds are not noted for their long-term thinking - for them, a quarter is an eternity.
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Edgar Fiedler
American Economist
There is no such thing as a riskless hedge against inflation.
Quote examples
John C. Bogle
American Businessman
I don't see any magic in hedge funds.
Quote examples
Joe Swanberg
American Actor
On a really big budget movie you do chemistry reads, and you sort of hedge your bets a little bit more and make sure that these people get along. But on the low budget side of things, I have to trust my gut that when I cast these people, the various elements are going to play together.
Quote examples
Gary Weiss
American Journalist
There are a lot worse things you can do with all your bucks than giving them to even a mediocre mutual fund - such as, for example, giving them to a mediocre hedge fund. If supporting the lifestyle of a mediocre fund manager is your favorite charity, who am I to stop you?
Quote examples
Limahl
English Musician
My siblings and I had to earn our own pocket money so from the age of about 10 I had a job. I did a paper round, helped with the farmer's delivery at the weekend, cut hedges for neighbours and worked on a market stall. Then I'd go and buy a record with my hard-won money.
Quote examples
Anthony Goldbloom
American Businessman
If competition for Kaggle's top talent becomes fierce enough among banks, insurance companies, hedge funds - we hope the world's best data scientists will earn more than $50 million per year, just like the world's best hedge fund managers.
Quote examples
Julian Robertson
American Businessman
In baseball, you can hit 40 home runs on a single-A-league team and never get paid a thing. But in a hedge fund, you get paid on your batting average. So you go to the worst league you can find, where there's the least competition.
Quote examples
Stephanie Ruhle
American Journalist
In banking, it was my responsibility to deliver investment opportunities and solutions to hedge fund clients, and at Bloomberg, it's my job to break down news that matters to our viewers and readers.
Quote examples
Stephen A. Schwarzman
American Businessman
It's important that we educate Americans about how hedge funds and private equity play completely different roles.
Quote examples
Joseph Stiglitz
American Economist
Hedge funds are not noted for their long-term thinking - for them, a quarter is an eternity.
Quote examples
Edgar Fiedler
American Economist
There is no such thing as a riskless hedge against inflation.
Quote examples
John C. Bogle
American Businessman
I don't see any magic in hedge funds.
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