oil futures
Crude price bets
Oil futures are contracts to buy or sell oil at a predetermined price on a future date.
They allow producers and consumers to hedge against price swings, and speculators to bet on where prices are headed.
Oil futures prices are widely reported as indicators of energy costs and economic conditions: Oil futures rose on news of supply disruptions.
- derivativesThings derived from another
- black goldSlang for petroleum
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- expiration dateFinal day of validity
- swapsMutual trades
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- Futures Tradinghedging, speculation, leverage, expiration, expiration dates
- Oil Marketspetroleum, OPEC, crude, spot price, refinery
- commoditiesgold, silver, natural gas, copper, aluminum
- commodities tradingcommodities, commodity markets, commodity prices, hedging, speculation
- oil tradepetroleum, barrels, OPEC, supertankers, VLCC
- tradingbid, buy, ask, sell, trading
oil futuresphysical gold
Tangible precious metal holdings
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