对冲 (duì chōng) — (noun) hedging (in finance); (verb) to hedge (against financial risk)

Definition

A finance term meaning to offset one investment's risk with another (e.g. a futures contract) so that losses in one are balanced by gains in the other. Used as both a verb ('to hedge') and a noun ('hedging').

noun
hedging (in finance)
verb
to hedge (against financial risk)

Examples

  • 对冲
    duì chōng Shì yì zhǒng jiàng dī fēng xiǎn de fāng fǎ.
    Hedging is a method of reducing risk.
  • 对冲
    Wǒ men xū yào duì chōng zhè ge tóu zī zǔ hé de fēng xiǎn.
    We need to hedge the risk of this investment portfolio.
  • 对冲
    Jī jīn jīng lǐ tōng guò duì chōng cè lüè jiǎn shǎo sǔn shī.
    Fund managers reduce losses through hedging strategies.

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