commercial hedger
producer investing in commodities it needs a company that holds options in the commodities it uses or produces, usually in order to ensure the price stability of the commodity
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producer investing in commodities it needs a company that holds options in the commodities it uses or produces, usually in order to ensure the price stability of the commodity
In the case of a commercial bank, when depositors demand their funds, they are converting longer-term bank liabilities into shorter-term liabilities. In a classical “bank run,” the short-term liabilities exceed the available liquid assets of the bank, and the bank is forced into liquidating assets
By David Shimko
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