What is the point of being rich if you cannot drink the finest wines while gazing at the world's most famous artworks on the walls of your penthouse flat?If this were just a case of hedge-fund managers and bankers spending their bonuses, then the bubble argument would have great power.
This alliance may be a case of the company hedging its bets with a younger, more trendy brand.
One of them may be Xavier Niel, the French billionaire who in a case of extreme bet-hedging is trying to buy one of America's biggest carriers, T-Mobile USA, while investing in a startup that wants to bring free, cable-less Internet to the developing world.
Finally, we propose, in the context of human evolution, that epigenetic drift may represent a case of epigenetic thrift, or bet-hedging.
The fact that E.T.F.'s were involved, and the potential complexity of a case related to hedging trades, may have been one reason why the S.E.C. filed an administrative complaint rather than proceeding in Federal District Court.
It may be a case of the market crying wolf for so many years in a row; for the past five years, consumers have not been rewarded for hedging their winter price risk, and some have reduced hedging volumes as a result.
In any case, the purpose of hedging should be distinguished carefully from that of speculation and physical commodity trading.
In the case of hedge funds, one of the most difficult tasks for a start-up, or rapidly growing, firm is recruitment.
Consider the case of hedge funds.
In the case of hedge funds the maxim applies with special force.
In the case of hedge funds, it is estimated that there were approximately 6,800 hedge funds in existence, managing over $2 trillion in assets.
