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21Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 — The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) is United States federal legislation that officially ensured the deregulation of financial products known as over the counter derivatives. It was signed into law on December 21, 2000 by… …
22Futures contract — Financial markets Public market Exchange Securities Bond market Fixed income Corporate bond Government bond Municipal bond …
23Commodity Research Bureau — The Commodity Research Bureau (CRB) Founded in 1934 and currently a division of Barchart.com, Inc., CRB is the oldest and most well known commodities and futures research and analysis firm. History It was 1933, the country was in the depth of the …
24futures — Commercial contracts calling for the purchase or sale of specified quantities of a good at specified future dates. The good in question may be grain, livestock, precious metals, or financial instruments such as treasury bills. Up until the time… …
25Commodity Futures Trading Commission — U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Official seal Agency overview Formed April 15, 1975 Preceding agency Commodity Exchange Authority …
26Commodity market — Financial markets Public market Exchange Securities Bond market Fixed income Corporate bond Government bond Municipal bond …
27Commodity broker — A commodity broker is a firm or individual who executes orders to buy or sell commodity contracts on behalf of clients and charges them a commission. A firm or individual who trades for his own account is called a trader. Commodity contracts… …
28commodity trade — ▪ economics Introduction the international trade in primary goods. Such goods are raw or partly refined materials whose value mainly reflects the costs of finding, gathering, or harvesting them; they are traded for processing or… …
29Futures exchange — Financial markets Public market Exchange Securities Bond market Fixed income Corporate bond Government bond Municipal bond …
30futures — Contracts for the sale/purchase of a specified quantity of a financial instrument, currency, or commodity at an agreed upon price on a given future date. First developed for agricultural commodities, actively traded futures are available for… …
