Hedging EXPLAINED (HSC Business Studies, Part One)

Hedging is a wild complicated topic. Here's a short introduction to hedging, in the context of the NSW HSC Business Studies course.

Basically, hedging is like having an 'insurance policy' against negative outcomes. In this video, I'll focus on how Qantas could hedge against the negative effects of a depreciation in the $A.

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The basis for this example comes from the person who literally wrote the book on the Qantas case study -- David Broadbridge. He shared the plane purchase idea during talk he delivered to students via Zoom.

You should check out his resources:

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