Hedging:
Hedging against an investment risk is termed for strategically implementing the instruments and tools in the market to minimize the risk and effects of any adverse price movements. It can be said that investors are benefitted through hedging as they hedge one investment by making another investment.
The financial instruments like exchange traded funds, stocks, forward contracts, options, insurance, swaps, etc may construct hedge.
Future contracts:
A futures contract is generally an agreement of an asset for either buying or selling on an exchange that is publicly-traded at a decided price at specified time in future.
The identification of factors that cause future contracts not to be effective as compared to a hedge against changes in the price of flour used by CBBI.
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