1.   A popular strategy among those buyers was to hedge their exposure to Valujet by shorting the stock.

2.   Corporations can, of course, hedge their exposure by purchasing options to buy or sell a currency at a given price at a set date.

3.   Declining demand for exchanged-traded contracts to hedge exposure to market swings and increased competition from over-the-counter alternatives has placed a crunch on the exchange.

4.   Enron officials have said the partnerships involving Fastow were a means to allow the company to hedge its exposure to some of its investments.

5.   Funds that invest outside America, for example, can use them to hedge their exposure to foreign currencies, protecting their returns in dollar terms.

6.   If a repo facility had been in place traders would have been in a better position to hedge their exposure to the stocks on offer.

7.   Instead of simply rooting for the pro-business side, the fund managers hedge their exposure through options.

8.   Kilcollin said the future will let individual investors and small institutions hedge their exposure to the stock market.

9.   Most companies also try to hedge their exposure in the currency futures market.

10.   NDF contracts are in dollars and enable investors to hedge their exposure to the won.