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  • December 1982 (Revised November 2006)
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Note on Futures Contracts

By: David E. Bell
  • Format:Print
  • | Pages:8
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Abstract

Provides an introduction to futures contracts, what they are, what their use in hedging is, and their usefulness in providing forecasts. Also covers basic risk. Includes a list of commodities currently traded in futures markets and the necessary properties of a commodity that make it tradable in a futures market.

Keywords

Futures and Commodity Futures

Citation

Bell, David E. "Note on Futures Contracts." Harvard Business School Background Note 183-126, December 1982. (Revised November 2006.)

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David E. Bell

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