underhedged
underhedged adjective: on a hedged a transaction, having too much cash flow committed to rated note debt coverage, leaving too little available for the income notes.
Adjective
underhedged (comparative more underhedged, superlative most underhedged)
- On a hedged a transaction, having too much cash flow committed to rated note debt coverage, leaving too little available for the income notes.
- Instead, it was a collective failure of the governing five-man executive committee that over the years became so fixated on increasing the firm’s book value — and expecting the stock price to follow — that it lost sight of the concentrated, underhedged exposure to the home mortgage market that left...2008 May 7, Landon Thomas Jr., “Quarrel Erupts Between Bear’s Elder Statesmen”, in New York Times
Antonyms of underhedged
- overhedged
Forms of underhedged
| comparative | more underhedged |
|---|---|
| superlative | most underhedged |
Origin of underhedged
From under- + hedged.
Questions about underhedged
- What does underhedged mean?
- Underhedged means on a hedged a transaction, having too much cash flow committed to rated note debt coverage, leaving too little available for the income notes.
- What part of speech is underhedged?
- Underhedged is an adjective.
Words near underhedged in the dictionary
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