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Future is a financial contract obligating the buyer to purchase an asset. This glossary provides you with all the terms you need to know about it. Check and learn!

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Commodities, such as grains, metals, and energy materials that are transported in their raw form. The cost of shipping dry bulk commodities, which has increased due to stronger demand, can impact the ...

Domain: Economy; Category: International economics

The sale of a futures or options contract to protect against the possibility a decline in the price of securities or commodities that will be sold in the future. One example is selling short against ...

Domain: Economy; Category: International economics

Investment strategy that benefits from anticipated increases in the value of an asset, by investing in leveraged derivatives at a cheaper cost than buying shares of that asset directly. Investments ...

Domain: Economy; Category: International economics

Futures trading: Price at which the demand for a certain type of futures contract matches the availability of such contracts. In case of index futures, it is based on the spot index, the cost of ...

Domain: Economy; Category: International economics

The nominal dollar amount assigned to a security by the issuer. For an equity security, face value is usually a very small amount that bears no relationship to its market price, except for preferred ...

Domain: Economy; Category: International economics

A method of determining the theoretical value of a futures contract. The metric includes such factors as carrying costs, spot prices, exchange rates, convenience yields and other time-sensitive ...

Domain: Economy; Category: International economics

A cash market transaction in which a seller agrees to deliver a specific cash commodity to a buyer at some point in the future. Unlike futures contracts (which occur through a clearing firm), cash ...

Domain: Economy; Category: International economics

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