Short hedge

Short hedge is a situation that occurs when futures contracts are sold to guard against price declines.

Definitions

According to Financial Management Theory and Practice by Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt (13th edition),

Short hedges. Occur when futures contracts are sold to guard against price declines.

According to Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston (15th edition),

Short hedges. Futures contracts are sold to guard against price declines.

Related concepts

• Financial management. A combination of enterprise efforts undertaken in order to procure and utilize monetary resources of the enterprise.

Related lectures

• Introduction to Financial Management.