hedger
Refuses firm positions
A hedger is someone who hedges—trimming and maintaining hedges, or more often, avoiding commitment.
In finance, a hedger uses hedging strategies to offset potential losses: Commodity hedgers protect against price swings.
More generally, a hedger is someone who won't give a straight answer, who qualifies every statement to avoid being pinned down.
Not expressing clear opinion
- vagueUnclear, ill-defined
- equivocationAmbiguous language avoiding commitment
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- wafflingEvasive, indecisive speech
prevarication · dodging · sidestepping · qualifying · fence-sitting · indecision · cautious · uncommitted
Exploiting price discrepancies
- derivativesThings derived from another
- futuresContracts for future delivery
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- swapsMutual trades
short-selling · portfolio · diversification · securities · equities · bonds · commodities · volatility
noncommittal
Not expressing clear opinion
- vagueUnclear, ill-defined
- equivocationAmbiguous language avoiding commitment
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
waffling · prevarication · dodging · sidestepping · qualifying · fence-sitting · indecision · cautious · uncommitted · diplomatic
arbitrage
Exploiting price discrepancies
- derivativesThings derived from another
- futuresContracts for future delivery
- optionsAvailable courses of action
swaps · short-selling · portfolio · diversification · securities · equities · bonds · commodities · volatility · speculation
trimming
Cutting away excess
- shearsHeavy-duty cutting blades
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- clippersHandheld cutting implements
shaping · topiary · landscaping · cutting · maintenance · bushes · shrubs · privet · boxwood · yew
fence
Boundary structure between properties
boundary · perimeter · border · screen · separation · windbreak · privacy · property · demarcation · fieldstone
- old occupationsblacksmith, carpenter, miller, farmer, shepherd
- traderstrader, merchant, retailer, vendor, dealer
- villagersvillager, local, neighbour, parishioner, townsfolk
- rural jobsfarmer, rancher, shepherd, farmhand, cowherd
- medieval villagersfarmer, shepherd, peasant, villager, milkmaid
- medieval workersserf, peasant, villein, bondsman, thrall
hedgergambler
One who bets
speculator · risk-taker · plunger · daredevil · high-roller
- hedge clipperTool for trimming bushes
- hedge your betsReduce risk by diversifying
- hedge mazeNavigable shrub corridor network
- hedge fundPrivate investment partnership
- hedge one's betsReduce risk by diversifying
- hedging one's betsReducing exposure to loss