# Financial risk management solutions

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Hedging — using contracts, or financial market instruments, as insurance against trading market moves. 

A company locks in the price of a commodity using Hedging contracts to reduce its risks. 

All these financial markets have a buyer and seller, and therefore counterparty risk. 

Extrememe risk management solutions

- Purchasing a company
- Exiting a market
- Hoarding a commodity or currency