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  • noun finance speculative hedging for an excessive amount

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Examples

  • The government was trying to prevent companies from over-hedging, which can be as dangerous as not hedging at all.

    The Wild Won Min-Jeong Lee 2010

  • Second question, you had a big chunk of over-hedging in '09.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • Second question, you had a big chunk of over-hedging in '09.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • Ben Wallace loves to think he can guard guards and bigs at the same time, over-hedging even though he's not as quick as he used to be, and Portland should have taken advantage.

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2009

  • 'There were companies that went over-hedging and banks that failed to remind options buyers of the embedded risk,' Hyeon said.

    Safehaven 2008

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