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Live cattle is a type of futures contract that can be used to hedge and to speculate on fed cattle prices. Cattle producers, feedlot operators, and merchant exporters can hedge future selling prices for cattle through trading live cattle futures, and such trading is a common part of a producer's price risk management program. [1]
Lean Hog futures and options are traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), which introduced Lean Hog futures contracts in 1966. [1] The contracts are for 40,000 pounds of Lean Hogs, and call for cash settlement based on the CME Lean Hog Index, which is a two-day weighted average of cash markets.
The following is a list of futures contracts on physically traded commodities. ... Lean Hogs: 40,000 lb (20 tons) ... Chicago Mercantile Exchange: HE Live Cattle ...
In economics, the term pork cycle, hog cycle, or cattle cycle [1] describes the phenomenon of cyclical fluctuations of supply and prices in livestock markets. It was first observed in 1925 in pig markets in the US by Mordecai Ezekiel and in Europe in 1927 by the German scholar Arthur Hanau [ de ] .
The US stock market boom has boosted the wealth of the world's billionaires to $14 trillion, UBS says. In commodities, bonds, and crypto: West Texas Intermediate crude inched lower to $68.46 a barrel.
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The first index to track commodity futures prices was the Dow Jones futures index which started being listed in 1933 (backfilled to 1924). [1] The next such index was the CRB ("Commodity Research Bureau") Index, which began in 1958. Due to its construction both of these were not useful as an investment index.