perfect hedge

perfect hedge definition - finance
A hedging strategy in which the profit and loss are equal. In a perfect hedge, for example, loss in a cash Treasury bond exactly equals the gain on the futures contract.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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