futures markets
Contract trading venues
Futures markets are exchanges where contracts to buy or sell commodities or financial instruments at a predetermined future date and price are traded.
Participants include producers and consumers hedging against price fluctuations, and speculators betting on price movements.
Major futures markets trade agricultural products, metals, energy, currencies, and stock indices: Coffee futures markets were volatile after the Brazilian frost.
- clearinghouseCentral settlement agency
- delivery datePromised arrival time
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- contractsEnforceable written agreements
- long positionOwning an asset outright
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- forecastingforecast, prediction, prognosis, outlook, estimate
- privatizationprivatization, denationalization, divestiture, asset sales, healthcare privatization
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Exchanges for company shares
stock markets · bond markets · direct investment · real estate markets
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