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Commodity exchange
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margin
Financial services; Commodity exchange
Financial safeguards to ensure that clearing members (usually companies or corporations) perform on their customers' open futures and options contracts. Clearing margins are distinct from customer ...
back pricing
Financial services; Commodity exchange
Fixing the price of a commodity for which the commitment to purchase has been made in advance. The buyer can fix the price relative to any monthly or periodic delivery using the futures markets.
cost of carry
Financial services; Commodity exchange
For physical commodities such as grains and metals, the cost of storage space, insurance, and finance charges incurred by holding a physical commodity. In interest rate futures markets, it refers to ...
carry
Financial services; Commodity exchange
For physical commodities such as grains and metals, the cost of storage space, insurance, and finance charges incurred by holding a physical commodity. In interest rate futures markets, it refers to ...
carrying charge
Financial services; Commodity exchange
For physical commodities such as grains and metals, the cost of storage space, insurance, and finance charges incurred by holding a physical commodity. In interest rate futures markets, it refers to ...
foreign exchange
Financial services; Commodity exchange
Foreign Currency. On the foreign exchange market, foreign currency is bought and sold for immediate or future delivery.
interest rate futures
Financial services; Commodity exchange
Futures contracts traded on fixed income securities such as G.N.M.A.s, U.S. Treasury issues, or CDS. Currency is excluded from this category, even though interest rates are a factor in currency ...
