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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]
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.
After pricing at $17 per share, the stock traded as high as $130 per share on its first day of trading, giving it a market capitalization of over $1 billion despite only $7 million in annual revenues. [2] In June 2000, the company formed a joint venture with the Financial Times [7] with Peter Bale as managing editor. [8]
A futures exchange or futures market is a central financial exchange where people can trade standardized futures contracts defined by the exchange. [1] Futures contracts are derivatives contracts to buy or sell specific quantities of a commodity or financial instrument at a specified price with delivery set at a specified time in the future.
U.S. futures and oil prices fell. Japan's core inflation rate, which excludes fresh food prices, rose 2.7% year-on-year, surpassing expectations. The data followed the Bank of Japan's decision on ...
U.S. crude oil futures fell more than 6% to trade just above $103 per barrel Monday afternoon. Brent crude, the international standard, was also lower by about 6% to hover below $106 per barrel.
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) 2013 (from NYSE Euronext) Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) Nadex (formerly HedgeStreet) Nodal Exchange; OneChicago (Single-stock futures (SSF's) and Futures on ETFs, defunct)
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