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31futures contract — A legally binding agreement, made on the trading floor of a futures exchange, to buy or sell a commodity or financial instrument sometime in the future. Futures contracts are standardized according to the quality, quantity, and delivery time and… …
32Commodity pool — A commodity pool is an investment structure where many individual investors combine their moneys and trade in futures contracts as a single entity in order to gain leverage. They are analogous to mutual funds wherein a fund is similarly set up… …
33commodity exchange — an exchange for the buying and selling of futures contracts on commodities, as butter, coffee, sugar, and grains. [1930 35] * * * Organized market for the purchase and sale of enforceable contracts to deliver a commodity (such as wheat, gold, or… …
34Commodity Futures Trading Commission — ( CFTC) A federal regulatory agency established under the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act, as amended in 1974, that oversees futures trading in the United States. The commission is comprised of five commissioners, one of whom is… …
35Futures — A term used to designate all contracts covering the sale of financial instruments or physical commodities for future delivery on a commodity exchange. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * futures fu‧tures [ˈfjuːtʆəz ǁ ərz] noun [plural]… …
36commodity — An article of commerce or a product that can be used for commerce. In a narrow sense, products traded on an authorized commodity exchange. The types of commodities include agricultural products, metals, petroleum, foreign currencies, and… …
37Commodity index fund — A commodity index fund is a financial product whose value is based on a various commodity futures.[1] The first was the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, created in 1991.[1] Other commodity index funds: JP Morgan (1994)[1] AIG Commodity Index[1]… …
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39Commodity Pool — A private investment structure that combines investor contributions to be used in the futures and commodities trading markets. The commodity pool, or fund, is used as a single entity to gain leverage in trading, in the hopes of maximizing profit… …
40commodity market — A market in which commodity are traded. The main terminal markets in commodities are in London, New York, and Chicago, but in some commodities there are markets in the country of origin. Some commodities are dealt with at auctions (e. g. tea),… …
