The Two Basic Types of Hedges Involving the Futures Market

question 5

True/False

The two basic types of hedges involving the futures market are long hedges and short hedges, where the words "long" and "short" refer to the maturity of the hedging instrument.For example, a long hedge might use Treasury bonds, while a short hedge might use 3-month T-bills.

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Definitions:

Standard Error

A statistical measure that describes the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population using the standard deviation.

Mean

The mean of a series of numbers, determined by dividing their total sum by the quantity of numbers in the series.

Confidence Interval

A range of values derived from sample statistics that is likely to contain the true population parameter with a given level of confidence.

Standard Error

A measure of the variability or dispersion of a sample statistic from the population parameter it estimates.