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Re:US Job Openings Decline to Lowest Level in More Than a Year by DwnVoteHoneyPot on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @12:37PM (#46529486)
Seriously? What hedge contract you going to use for: 1) Wars, 2) a revocation of trucker drivers’ licenses (already happening in Cali), 3)deportations, 4)tariffs, 5) the collapse of USMCA
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Re:US Job Openings Decline to Lowest Level in More Than a Year by kevinhanson on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @01:28PM (#46530414)
Oh, that's easy. Just make bets on Polymarket, which totally has no connection to anyone in the adminstration.

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/05/nx-s1-5667232/polymarket-madu...

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Re:US Job Openings Decline to Lowest Level in More Than a Year by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @01:27PM (#46530382)
War-risk insurance is a thing [1]. You could probably buy a business-interruption policy with a line item for revocations. Adding a tariff contingency to customer contracts and/or engaging with vendors on a fixed-price tariff-notwithstanding basis transfers tariff risk.

Deportatios and the collapse of a free-trade zone are not mitigatable. De-leveraging from products that don't have a strong domestic alternative would be the only options there.

All costs. None easy. But all doable. (Not saying it's good business.)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_risk_insurance

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Re:US Job Openings Decline to Lowest Level in More Than a Year by BobaFloutist on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @04:34PM (#46533243)
Right, and then you lose the contract to someone who decided, rather than pricing in the risks, to have their hedge be "Idk guess I'll go bankrupt lmao" and bid as usual.
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