Quotes about hedged (11 Quotes)



    If last spring, Clarksville had hedged some of its gas requirements for the winter when prices were relatively low as other gas systems did, local gas rates would have had some stability and would never have climbed as high as they reached.


    Whatever might have once been thought about the existence of a 'Greenspan put,' stock market, investors could not have endured the experience of the last five years in the United States and concluded that they were hedged on the downside by asymmetric monetary policy.



    Frontier Airlines is already losing money. JetBlue and AirTran are on the edge, and Southwest, had it not hedged fuel, would be losing money. Anything with a wing has problems with today's fuel prices. But if oil had stayed where it was a year ago, like we thought it would, we'd be talking today about how profitable the airlines are today.

    Clarksville did not change its contract, and I've never known why. Even without amending their entire contract, Clarksville still could hedge, or could have hedged, some of their gas requirements by calling us and letting us know that is what they wanted us to do for a specific amount of gas. This is how good management works in our business.

    Mr. Eaton either doesn't know what he's talking about, he's being deceptive, or a combination of both. Of course Clarksville could have hedged last spring for this past winter, that's the way we do business.


    People don't want to trade ... They don't even want to hear ideas. They just want to know their books are hedged. If an event -- God forbid -- happened, the market could swing pretty hard. But this uncertainty doesn't create more activity it (depresses) activity because no one wants to do anything. Things kind of grind to a virtual halt.

    Until I became a published writer, I remained completely ignorant of books on how to write and courses on the subject... they would have spoiled my natural style made me observe caution would have hedged me with rules.



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