RE:RE:RE:RE:Hedging lossesSo people that do not have mortgages do not need mortgage insurance.
Brilliant.
I am pretty sure that is what I said.
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uncutgems wrote: what?
you know who doesn't need mortgage insurance? people that paid CASH. you know who doesn't need mechanical hedging to protect their balance sheets? Companies with FORTRESS balance sheets. When was the last time someone complained about TOU hedges?
Quintessential1 wrote: I look at hedging like mortgage insurance. As long as you have a mortgage you should have mortgage insurance but no one ever wants to cash in on that policy.
Eliminate the mortgage and you also eliminate the need for the insurance.
The faster debt can be reduced the better for the company and for shareholders.
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TerribleEng wrote: The issue is that the market is demand driven now and is in backwardation. Hedging is very expensive in a market like this because even if Natural gas prices remain flat... you lose because you are always hedging out 18-24 months at large discount prices. Even if it were perfectly flat, market goes up and you lag the market and get punished. Prices fall, and you get punished for because your debt is high and reserves get derated. The conf call had several questions around variable dividends and reducing hedging to a level that protects the Capex plan and nothing more.