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- a market for buying and selling securities, commodities, or currencies that tend to fluctuate in price over a period of time. The market's goal is to reduce the risk of...
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- Introduction To Futures And Commodity Trading
- The futures markets are described as continuous auction markets and exchanges providing the latest information about supply and demand with respect to individual commodities, financial instruments, and currencies. Futures exchanges are where buyers and sellers of an expanding list of commodities, financial instruments, and currencies, come together to trade. Trading...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Economic Purpose of Futures Markets
- Many people think that futures markets are just about speculating or "gambling." While it is true that futures markets can be used for speculating, that is not the primary reason for their existence. Futures markets are actually designed as vehicles for hedging and risk management, that is, to help people...
- White papers 2005-01-10
Additional Resources
- Interpreting Volume for the Futures Market
- Volume and open interest are integral measures to guide one's trading decision on the futures markets, but as always, these indicators should always be considered in relation to extraneous market events. Although many traders know how to use volume in their technical analysis of stocks, interpreting volume in the context...
- White papers 2003-10-22
- Fledgling insurance futures market loses a key player. (Leslie Rosenthal)
- The new insurance futures market of the Chicago Board of Trade CBOT was shaken by the resignation Leslie Rosenthal as chairman of the CBOT subcommittee on insurance futures. In his resignation letter, Rosenthal charged that CBOT did not adequately suppoThe new insurance futures market of the Chicago Board of Trade...
- Research articles 1993-04-19
- No future for futures speech?(the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's regulation of information dissemination in the futures market)
- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC is violating the First Amendment to the US Constitution in regulating the dissemination of information about the futures market. It also goes against the US Supreme Court decision in the Lowe v. SEC case which upheld the right of individuals to publish non-personal information...
- Research articles 1999-05-01
- Rice, Shrimp to Be First Products on Thai Futures Market.
- By Woranuj Maneerungsee, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 10--Thailand's new futures market should begin trading by the end of the year, according to Chaipat Sahasakul, secretary-general of the Agricultural Futures Trading Commission. Mr Chaipat said the...
- Research articles 2003-03-10
- Caging the Hong Kong tiger. (futures market)(includes related article)(International Trends)
- The futures market in Hong Kong is one of the most volatile, liquid and trending in the world. However, traders should still exercise caution because certain traps exist in the Hong Kong market. These pitfalls include opening gaps, unsteady price reporting and frequent rollovers. The possible death of Deng Xiaoping...
- Research articles 1995-05-01
- Federal sharpshooters aim for trader detectors. (stiffer penalties for futures market trading offenders) (column)
- Federal sharpshooters aim for trader detectors Washington sharpshooters are drawing a bead on futures market trading offenders. That bent is reflected especially in the Senate version of the bill to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC. The outcome of the Futures...
- Research articles 1989-12-01
- The future is coming. (establishment of a diammonium phosphate futures market)
- The Future Is Coming Proponents of a futures market for DAP can definitely claim that they have now got "The Big Mo'." The favourable vote on the proposed DAP futures contract by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission followed the recent workshop convened...
- Research articles 1991-09-01
- Change is constant in area futures market.(Business)
- Byline: Vivek Shankar Medill News Service The Chicago futures market is on the cusp of more change. While new entrant Eurex US, the American arm of the world's biggest futures exchange, and its direct competitor, the Chicago Board of Trade, have been...
- Research articles 2004-03-14
- Thailand futures market to co-operate with Japan's commodities exchange.
- By Woranuj Maneerungsee, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 5--Japan's second largest commodities exchange, the Central Japan Commodity Exchange (C-Com), is eager to learn more about Thailand's fledgling futures market, especially for rice trading. "Rice futures are...
- Research articles 2004-10-05
- Futures market deregulation.
- No futures market deregulation this year. An industry dispute has put the kibosh for now on a Senate Ag Committee reform proposal. Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange can't agree on gov't regulation of off-exchange futures markets in gov't securities. ...
- Research articles 1997-08-01
- Futures market stiffens rules to curb price spikes. (New York Mercantile Exchange)
- New York Mercantile Exchange NYMEX, which has been both damned and praised for the futures market it sponsors and controls, has voluntarily implemented some trading restraints designed to dampen the wild price gyrations in crude oil and petroleum p New York Mercantile Exchange NYMEX, which has...
- Research articles 1991-02-01
- ABN AMRO TO ENTER CHINA FUTURES MARKET
- AsiaInfo Services 10-24-2004 ABN Amro to Enter China Futures Market CHINA, Oct 19, 2004 SinoCast via COMTEX -- ABN Amro will reach an agreement with China Galaxy Securities, China's largest securities firm, to make ABN Amro the first foreign ...
- Research articles 2004-10-24
- ABN AMRO TO ENTER CHINA FUTURES MARKET
- AsiaInfo Services 10-19-2004 ABN Amro to Enter China Futures Market CHINA, Oct 19, 2004 SinoCast via COMTEX -- ABN Amro will reach an agreement with China Galaxy Securities, China's largest securities firm, to make ABN Amro the first foreign ...
- Research articles 2004-10-19
- The freight futures market for seaborne commodities.(tip sheet: KEY METRICS AND SUPPLY ALERT)(Brief Article)
- * The freight futures market for seaborne commodities is coming of age: New York Mercantile Exchange now offers clearing and trading of freight derivatives through its online Clearport system and, in July, London Clearing House will begin clearing freight futures. The exchanges are expected to improve...
- Research articles 2005-06-02
- AWB reels from futures market hit.
- Byline: Caroline Overington Apr 18, 2007 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- An increase in the global wheat price caused Australian monopoly wheat exporter AWB to incur a substantial loss on the US futures market in 2006. AWB's losses through the Chicago Board...
- Research articles 2007-04-18
- Using the Federal Funds Futures Market to Predict Monetary Policy Actions
- Our paper reviews the roles of the Federal Funds Futures market in forecasting the federal funds rate. Statistical estimates are presented for the Federal Funds Futures markets efficiency at predicting FOMC policy actions. A key finding is that the market forecast contains useful information and is unbiased at the usual...
- Research articles 2001-04-01
- AFET and KEX exchanges aim to widen Thailand's futures market, expand trade.
- Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 13--The Agricultural Futures Exchange of Thailand AFET has signed a co-operation agreement with the Osaka-based Kansai Commodities Exchange KEX to help develop Thailand's new futures market and expand trade, especially in shrimp. ...
- Research articles 2004-11-13
- 2006 HRPS Thought Leader Meeting: The Idea Futures Market
- Traditionally at the HRPS Annual Conference, thought leaders from across the HRPS membership spectrum gather to discuss major issues and trends in human resource management. This year was no different. Members of the board of directors, corporate sponsors, affiliate presidents, and invited guests came together on Sunday morning to explore...
- Research articles 2006-04-01
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