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Old Jan 3, 2016, 10:06 am
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Originally Posted by brunos
Hedging fuel price is a good, I would even say necessary practice.
That's like saying "investing in options is a good practice." It can be a good practice if you know what you're doing. The futures markets are a shark tank and the unsophisticated will get eaten alive. Poor hedging strategies can - and have - cost airlines hundreds of millions of dollars.

The evidence suggests TG should not be playing in these waters, at least not without expert assistance.
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